The Archive · 1938

Damaged Plane Left in Desert

Basrah, Jan. 6.

After a trek across the desert om camel back, accompanied by a party of Bedouins, Mile. Maryse riiisz me noted French aviatrix, who was) found yesterday after having dis*, appeared for nearly 48 hours, has arrived at Jask.

While attempting to set a record for a flight from Saigon to Paris, the airwoman made a forced landing 20 miles from Jask, but as lief machine, a Caudron-Simoun presented to her by the French Air Ministry, contained no wireless, she was unable to tell the world of her predicament.

The result was "a widespread search, which ended yesterday in the covery df her plane. The machine, damaged, has been leit in ihe desert.

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