CRASH INTO SEA
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.
PASSENGER AEROPLANE FOURTEEN LIVES LOST PAN-AMERICAN MACHINE EXTENSIYE SEARCH MADE
Rec. 7.45 p.m. New York, Aug. 3. Following fears for the safety of a Pan-American Airwaye plane contalning 11 passengers and a crew of three flying from Chile to Cristdbal, which was due last night, a searcli of the canal zone was undcrtaken by 64 navy planes and tlie plane was found submerged with no slgn of life aboard. Although aeroplanes and submarines are continuing the search for survivors hopes for the safety of those on board has virtually been abandoned. The wreckage eonsisted of a fragment of engine section and was found 20 miles from the Colon breakwater. The passengers Included two United States Department of Commerce and Aviation attaches, a woman and two children.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 7
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