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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19784, 7 March 1927, Page 7

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A MISSING AIRMAN WHERE IS MAJOR, BOBGES. Received March 6, 9.10 p.m. PARIS, March 5. Major Borges’ wrecked ’plane was discovered on the beach near Cape Jury, with the fuselage buried in the sand and the engine 100 yards distant. It is surmised that the airmen descended into the sea as the result of a defect, and when they endeavoured to land, crashed. RELIEF EXPEDITION SEARCH FOR THE AIRMEN. HOPES OF FINDING SURVIVORS. Received March 7,2 a.m. MADRID, March 6. Preparations fare being made at Casablanca to send a relief expedition, carrying medical supplied and food, to ascertain in the first place if Major Broges and his companions are under the wreck, and, secondly, if they are not found, to explore the wilderness »and shore near the spot where the ’plane lies smashed. The opinion is expressed here that the fliers lost their direction, and, using fuel in an effort to recover, were obliged finally to make the' best landing possible. It is thought that the airmen, even if they are injured, may have been able to crawl ashore and take cover from the tropical sun. This theory has some weight when it is remembered that the French fliers Boossoutrot and Jousse were? forced down practically at the same place in 1920, and wandered in the wilderness before being found by another aero-; plane'. CAPTURED BY NATIVES AIRMEN UNHURT Received March 7, 2.30 p.m. MADRID, March 6. A wireless message from Las Palmas says that the Uruguayan seaplane ww found on the beach. Native reports state that Major Borges and his threv companions are unhurt, but were seizeff by tribesmen.