Dr. Junge said that the crew had decided to attempt a landing in water rather than chance a landing on the narrow and irregular beach on which it might have nosed over All of the Germans escaped injuries, receiving minor scratches. The United States Navy rushed ambulances from Cavite, but they were not needed.
The water-soaked fliers arrived at Manila Hotel and announced that they were hungry and would be ready to eat their dinneM{as soon as they obtained some dry clothing.
The record flight from Berlin to Tokyo was not only a goodwill flight but was made for the purpose of exploring the possibilities for a commercial air line between Germany and Japan as well as to test the suitability of the Condor monoplanes for such a service, it was understood.
The German airmen said that they had been ordered to fly low and this prevented them from selecting an emergency landing field when the plane's engine faded.
Several hundred people, headed by the German Consul-General, assembled at the Nielsen airport to greet the Condor.
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