Evening star., 1929-06-10
RADIO TELLS OF TROUBLE.
Warning Of Danger Given by Planes
Comma nder

STOCKHOLM, June 10.-The Stock
holm-New York flight of the Sverige,
started Sunday morning by Capt.
Ahrenberg in an attempt to open a
new air trade route between Europe
and America, was interrupted last night,
when the plane made a forced, though
safe landing at Skaptaros, on the South
coast of Iceland 200 miles east of Reyk-
javik. The gasoline was exhausted,
owing to leak in the tank.
Ahrenberg Asks for Aid.
A warning of trouble received in the
Icelandic capital earlier in the evening,
when Capt. Ahrenberg sent a message
asking aid, caused a sensation among
the thousands gathered to receive him.
His nearness to the capital and the
fact that he had been sighted earlier
over Saerlerne, going strong, kept up
hope that the flight would be success
full.
When the weather bureau reported
a storm and high winds sweeping the
South coast of Iceland directly in the
path of the flyers, the crowds groaned
and a quarter of an hour later Capt.
Ahrenberg himself radioed that he had
been forced down.
Where he landed there is not even a
village-only miles and miles of DESC
lation. drained by the tiny Rive Skapta,
which flows into the Atlantic there
Here Capt. Ahrenberg, with his assist
ant pilot, Lieut.. AXel Floden, and the
wireless operator, Robert Loungland,
settled for the night. They have a
small amount of food-enough to have
carried them to New York by Tuesday.
Although cut off from the world they
are equally in complete touch with 1t
through their wireless, over which they
have broadcast details of the flight
since the tak-off from Stockholm 18
hours earlier.
Calm Hampers Take-off.
The flyers hoped of from here at
5:02 am. yesterday, precisely according
TO program.
On board the plane were also Radio
Announcer Jerriong and Mr.. Cervin,
Swedish banker, who was passenger
to Bergen.
The morning was wonderful, with
sunny, calm weather, but the calm was
so great that the Sverige had difhculty
in taking off.
Both Capt. Ahrenberg and Lieut.
Floden spoke through the microphone
to Scandinavian listeners. Floden en-
phaSized, in his radio message, the
words written on the body of the
Sverige; Air Mail. Stockholm New
York-Stockholm," showing that the
flight was a serious enterprise and not
a sensational affair, but a real first
aerial commercial air connection be-
tween Europe and America.
A few minutes after the Sverige had
left, another airplane, piloted by the
famous SpitZbergen aviator, Sergt. Nils
son, left Stockholm airport with a
journalist, a film photographer and DR..
Hoehler a representative of the JunkerS
works at Dessau.
During the first hour the weather was
excellent, but near Karlstad it began to
rain heavily. The Sverige went down
at 1854 am. to wait for NilsSon's air.
plane, which had been delayed.
Starting again at $50 o'clock, Capt.
Ahrnberg reached Oslo at 925, flying
at an altitude of 1900 meters. The
Sveridge circled above Norways capital
and then changed direction, heading
straight for Bergen.
During the flight the Swedish radio
announcer, Jerring, described the diff
ferent phases of the flight, and on sew
eral occasions Capt. Ahrenberg and
L,junglund spoke directly to listeners
through the microphone.
The Sveridge is the first airplane to
attempt the fight across the Nor