Seagulls Force Plane Down on Alaska Flight Seattle, Aug. 11.
A highly unusual airways menace, in the form of a flock of seagull, forced a northbound ait-liner to the earth and, for a time, caused considerable anxiety over the fate of its passengers and crew.
The plane was flying from Seattle to Ketchikan, Alaska, ra recently opened commercial air route wher it disappeared and was not heard from for over a day.
However, just as other pianes were ready to take up the search, the pilot of the missing air-liner telephoned to-day that he had run into a flock of about 3,000 seagull, which forced him to descend at i nergency landing field at the tiny outpost of Lihlow. The plane was only slightly damaged and was continuing on its way, he said—Reuter.
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