Gets Away
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RAAF Dakota Gets Away From Finintegu Four Months in Central Highlands Mud
AFTER almost four months, the RAAF Dakota that bogged lown at Finintegu, NG, on March >8 managed to pry itself loose from he mud and take off for Garoka on
fuly 21.
While Mr. Kent Hughes, Minister ! or Works and Housing, was on a [act finding tour of P-NG in March, he crew of the RAAF Dakota that le was using landed at Finintegu in he NG Central Highlands by mis ake.
The plane became bogged and the Minister and party stranded. A mall plane took the official party, me by one, to Garoka but an at empt to get the Dakota into the air mly put her further into the mud, he nose dipped and the props were lamaged.
As the wet season was in full
swing it was estimated that it would be some time before the plane could be rescued —an estimate that proved correct. There has been some fine weather there recently however— sufficient to make the airstrip hard enough for a take off.
Apart from this Airforce aircraft being out of action for 16 weeks, we have heard of no other results from the Ministerial visit.