Moscow, Feb. 2.
The commission investigating the stratostat disaster at, the scene of the tragic landing has published] the results of its work, Part of the: piloting and scientific instruments, wore shattered while others were only half broken. The notes of the participants in the fight, and the graph records, are intact. The tostat reached an altitude of 22 Kilometres at 12.33 pin. keeping the same altitude until 1245 p.m., after which it started to descend.
The notes and journal, were kept regularly, The last entries were at 410 p.m. at which time the commission "considers the disaster began, The barograph ceased working at 4.21 p.m. and the hands of Vassenko's watch sto} from shock at 4.23 p.m, All who witness. sed the fall of the gondola stated, upon inquiry, that it occurred short: ly after four o'clock.
The cause of the disaster was the excessively rapid acceleration in the descent of the stratostat, evidently provoking a rupture of a part of the straps and a loss equilibrium by the whole system as a result of which the gondola was torn away from the gas-ba and dashed to the earth. it is est-
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