Immediate preparations to raise tha wreck were made after the accident occurred, A floating crane from the JShanghal Dock & Engineering Ca. arrived on the spot at about 1 a. but salvage operations were inter rupted by the high tide, Later, however, a Chinese diver was able to passo cable beneath the main por-lon of the plane and she was 1 clear shortly before 4 p.m. and tow to the slip-way at the hangar.
As she came near, the plane pre sented a sorry sight. The right lower wing was completely shattered, while the upper right one was very' badly bent and the end broken. The main damage was caused by the projecting nose of the plane, which was forced Lup and into the engine. It is though this must have happened when the plane struck the river bottom
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