'The aeroplane in which NM. Marcel Doret, the French airman, was foreed down' while attempting "a Parls-lo-Tokyo flight, wax badly damaged, it
here to-day, yeas feared by" aerodrome' oflals Dorel and his assistant, MIN. Francois Michelet, were not In: jured.
The plane, now near Moncay on the Tongkin: Kuangtung border, may bbe repaired and flown back to Paris, according to reports received here, 'oF may be shipped back to the French capital, In any event, It was learned, itis highly improbable that the aviators will continue to Tokyo as their efforts to. win the French government's prize by making the hop to Tokyo in less than 100 hours have {alled.—United Press, Doret was forced down not long afier he left Hanoi at 335. pam, and. landed near Moneay, on the Tongicing-Kwanglung border; fog. and bad weather were reported to be. the cause of the interruption to the Might, But no one knew this at Lunghwa Airport.
The crowd began to gather at the airport from 11 pam, onwards, fora telegram had been received from MIN, Doret after he left Hanoi reporting, that he had left the airfield there at about 8 Greenwich Mean Time am, Shanghai time) and that he expected to arrive in this elly at about 16 GAET. (midnight Shanghai time). As the hour of midnight passed, the crowd grew larger, and consisicd of French consular ofcials and thole ladies, Chinese and foreign representatives of the press and cable agencies, A number of Chinese military' and aviation oflleials, including Major= General 7. Tsung, Assistant Commissioner of the Shanghai Peace Preservation Corps, and airport and CNAC. officials,
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