Tokyo, Mar. 8.
The safety of passengers and crew of a Japanese Airways Company re-Eular airliner which took off at 3.52 O'clock yesterday afternoon from Giran in Formosa for Taihoku as feared for today as no reports of the missing plane were received.
The flying time between the two points on Formosa is usually one hour.
When the plane took off from the Giran aerodrome yesterday afternoon, weather conditions were unfavourable, according to dispatches received here. The sky was overcast and thei, visibility poor.
Passengers on the plane included a German whose name was given as Mr. Enno Otto, Mrs. Tsuyako Bingo and her eight-months old child, Mrs. Shizuko Watanabe and Mrs. Tomiji Imainsto.
Giran is located in the northeastern part of Formosa.—Domei.
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