Fire, flood or disaster · 24.09.1929
An Air Force plane makes a forced landing at Paldiski
Sõjalennuki hädamaandumine Paldiski all
On the morning of 24 September 1929 two Air Force officers took off from Lasnamäe airfield in Tallinn for a long training flight. Over Paldiski the engine failed, and the pilot had to come down on the only open ground he could find, a soft, uneven field about half a kilometre from town. The wheels sank deep into the soil, one axle snapped and the propeller shattered against the ground, but both airmen climbed out with no more than a jolt. Kaja's correspondent telegraphed the news the same day.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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24. septembri hommikul 1929 tõusid Tallinnas Lasnamäe lennuväljalt õhku kaks lennuväe ohvitseri, et teha pikem harjutuslend. Paldiski kohal tekkis mootoris rike ja lendur pidi maanduma ainsale sobivale kohale – pehmele ja ebatasasele põllule linnast umbes pool kilomeetrit eemal. Rattad vajusid sügavale mulda, ühe ratta telg murdus ja propeller purunes vastu maad, kuid mõlemad lendurid pääsesid kerge põrutusega. Kaja kirjasaatja saatis uudise samal päeval traati mööda.