STRUCK A MOUNTAIN
THE PILOTS BTORY TERSE AND PITHY United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 11, 1.45 p.m.) MOSCOW. Feb. 10 Telling a brief story of the disaster of airship Y 6 on Tuesday the pilot Pochekin said: "I saw the mountainside too late. The airship pancaked against the mountain through the trees. Six survivors gathered round a bonfire until dawn, when rescuers armed on skis.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20421, 11 February 1938, Page 8
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