San Francisco, Jan. 22.
All passengers of the Pan-American Airways China Clipper were landed safely at San Pedro to-day after the plane had been forced to turn back because of engine trouble after reaching almost the half way mark to Honolulu, The giant airliner was directed to a safe landing at San Pedro by radio signals from the U.S.S. Pennsylvania. The plane swooped over the masts of ten American cruisers and battleships as it settled down smoothly onto the ea. Spotlights from the warships were directed onto the water to assist inthe landing. The plane taxied to a nearby pier where the passengers landed safely, all expressing their eagerness to resume the flight.
The plane was to return to Alameda, Calif, the Pan-American base, to-d and again take off for Hawaii a few hours later after being checked by company mechanics.
"Two hours this side of the halfway mark to Hawaii," the commander of the China Clipper told the United Press, "the fuel line on the right wing clogged. We had drawn 300 gallons of the 900 gallons stored in the tank when the cloggage occurred. There was nothing else to do but turn back.'
He said the return flight was made without incident and that the fuel line had been repaired en route. It will be re-checked at Alameda, how-yoyer, he said—United Press.
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