Karachi, May 31
Anxiety felt for the safety of M. Gilbert Denis, the French airman, who was more than 10 hours overdue from Calcutta, was alleviated when the aerodrome authorities here learned that he had landed safely in a district in north-west India. His plane, it is learned, was not damaged.
M. Denis took off from Saigon at 4.30 yesterday morning, local time, in an attempt to lower the record for a flight from Saigon to Paris. H hoped to reach Paris in under 50 hours.
He arrived in Calcutta last night and after a 45 minute rest, started for Karachi—Reuter.
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