Emergency Landing On
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Atoll
Suva, Aug. 23.
THE need for alternative emergency landing-places on the Pacific air route was stressed by the regional manager of NZNAC at Suva (Mr. T. M.
O’Connell) on August 21, when he stated that the previous day a BCPA aircraft flying from Canton Island to Honolulu had developed engine trouble and had made a short landing at Palmyra Atoll.
The plane was carrying passengers and freight.
During the war Palmyra was an Ameri can Army Air Force base. There are now very few people at the atoll, but the air field is still maintained.