The Archive · 1938

Dus Suspends Service

Sequel to Attack in Air By Japanese Planes; Surprise in Hankow

Hongkong, Sept. 6.

The Eurasia Aviation Corporation has once again suspended all its services as a result of the attack made by Japanese aircraft yesterday morning on one of its planes flying io Yunnan, In an announcement this morning, the corporation said that the regular flight to Hankow had been cancelled end that the service would be suspended until further notice. i According to the latest reports received by the company, the plane, which was attacked was enabled to! continue its trip to Yunnan yesterday afternoon after hasty repairs at Liuchow, on the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border, where it was forced down, and arrived at its destination at 518

No one was injured' in the attack, which occurred at 9.10 a.m., exactly an hour after the machine had left Hongkong, it is learned that after his plane was hit, the German pilot, Lutez, creased his speed and outdistanced his pursuers, He flew for nearly two hours be= fore making a landing at Liuchow, where he discovered ten bullet holes in the wings and also a hole in the gasoline-tank, Besides Lutez, the persons aboard the plane included Mr. D, D, Li, general manager of the Eurasia Corporation; the Germah technical manager, Herr Holtz; a German couple by the name of Schumann; Messrs, K, L, Chien and C, C, Lu, Chinese passengers; Mr. C, T. Lin, Chinese ce-pilot, and a Chinese mechanic.—Reuter,

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