MISS JOHNSON’S TRIP.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 7

MISS JOHNSON’S TRIP.

FORCED TO DESCEND.

OWING JO LACK OF PETROL.

ENCOUNTERS HEAVY STORM.

United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, (Received May 20, 9.55 a.m.)

WELTEVREDEN, May 19. ' Miss Amy Johnson landed safely at a sugar estate at Tjomal, near Pekalongan, mid-Java, owing to the lack of % petrol. Tjomal is. about two hundred miles east of Batavia.

After flying over Tjomal at four o’clock she reappeared above the town shorty after, searching for a landing field, failing which she managed to land on a newly-cleaned piece of ground intended for the new manager’s house at the sugar estate, which was exactly large enough foe landing and ascending. Miss Johnson was all right, and the plane was not damaged. She is staying the night as the guest of the manager. She intends to proceed to-morrow morning to Samarang, Sourabaya, and possibly to Lima. The manager saw Miss Johnson above the factory, after which she landed most smoothly and easily right in front of his office. Miss Johnson stepped out cheerfully in the best physical -condition, though somewhat tired. She stated that having encountered a heavy storm above Java she intended to make for Samarang, because, heavy adverse winds precluded the possibility of reaching Sourabaya. The employees -of the estate assisted her to take in gasoline and oil, and prepare the machine for to-morrow’a flight. Miss Johnson’s record to date is:—» May s—Left Croydon and arrived Vienna. May 6 —Arrived Constantinople, May 7—Arrived Aleppo. May B—Arrived Bagdad. May 9—Arrived Bunder Abbas. May 10 —Arrived Karachi. May 11—Arrived Allahabad. May 12—Arrived Calcutta. May 13—Arrived Insein, near Rangoon. May 14 and 15—Delayed for repairs* May 16 —Arrived Bangkok. May 17—Arrived Singora. May 18 —Arrived Singapore. May 19—Forced down mid-Java.