The Archive · 1925

French Flying Tragedy

Machine Crashes Owing to Failure of Petrol Supply Berlin, Sept. 14.

The accident to the two French tiers, yesterday, when they were attempting to make a non-stop fight from the Etampes aerodrome to Karachi, occurred at a spot in the Black Forest known as the "Valley of Hell." It is believed that it was due to failure of the petrol supply.

The machine made a nose dive, 'a wing caught @ tree, the aeroplane overturned and plunged into a brook swollen by recent rains and was completely wrecked. Both airmen were buried in the wreckage and Jwere extricated with difficulty. M. Thiery already was dead.—Reuter.

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