Covering the first lap of her fight round the world, Mrs, Amelia Earhart Putnam brought her big Lock: heed Electra monoplane down here at 6 o'clock this morning after achieving, fs she claimed, the fastest westerly hop ever made over the 2,000-mile expanse of water separating Oakland, California, from Honolulu—Reuler.
Honolulu, Mar. 20.
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam crashed during her take-off from here to-day en route to Howland Island, the second leg of her ound the world fight via" the southern Pacific.
Three others were aboard the plane at the time of the crack-up, Mr. Paul Mantz, technician, ud two! navigators, Mr. Harry Manning, and Mr. Frederick Noonan. None of the occupants was hurt but the plane was badly damaged—United Press.
Honolulu, Mar. 21, Mrs. Putnam is determined to start again as soon as repairs to her motion plane are completed. "The accident," She declared after emerging unrulied fom the mishap, "means the post-onement and not the cancellation of my fight"
Tt occurred while she was taking of for Howland Island, en route to Australia, on the second ley of her ambitious trip, and after the machine had proceeded' a thousand feet along. the run-way. "We were going about fifty miles an hour," she sai, "when a tyre blew out. I cut off the ignition."
It is estimated that repairs will (eke at least a forinight—Reuter,
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