Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-03 | Page 17 | Plane's Tanks Full of Water

ANES ANE'S TANKS K S ft FuLL OF WATER IN t I. I t Ut H shortage of ot tu fu fuel pi l forced d the thc i d Oil company luxury air- air to alight on the surface of ot J le i er Gl eat Salt lake early October 6 the thc lives Jives of ot three aviators l J Ul never be known the man In of ot raising the thc plane from thc the bottom of the lake revealed Tues- Tues day j K v. v King company official I In charge arge of ot salvage Fid aid the thc tw two divers divas inspecting the sunken unken hul hulk k found und the gasoline ta tanks ks filled with water Water That removes one more mOIe I b b Kitty lity litt of ot checking the cause cause o of th the ti edy Mr King said Gear Functioned divers divers' investigation already aready revealed that the landing gear and nd other controls were operating efficiently at the ilie time of the accident acci acci- acci dent Although the propellers were I Sent bent slightly they were not damaged dam dam- aged ared enough to interfere with flight We have ha eliminated some p possible causes for tor the tragedy by underwater study and now we e mus must Aalt alt lifting of ot the plane piano before i Continuing g. g flIe He Indicated also that the only trope of ot finding the body body- of ot Glenn jt Lenz copilot who apparently drowned along with Chief Pilot PHot R Robert S S. S Allen AlIen and Mechanic George O. O Anderson Jay lay In further of ot the la lake e and shoreline We iVe We have completed examination o the the plane by divers and definitely definitely deti- deti ty determined d that there J is no of ot finding Lenz's bod body fit We checked the baggage room roomI I d the after end thoroughly Monbut Mon- Mon dat but found no further clues c e had hoped they might have left or some other message be- be be be- hind If Base BaJe to Shift I lH HH H. H Hall HaJJ chief engineer for tor the y who is directing work of the e divers announced that the base operations would be moved from lI beach at the thc southern end the Jake lake to a point near Ogden i move to be made probably will wiIl place the thc base nearer U tSe Lucia Lucin railroad cuto cutoff at the thc thet theD t D ern end of the lake where the plane is to be loaded aboard a flatcar flat- flat iC c car r and shipped to the coast The Thc vr base will be between the load- load fag point and the site of the sunken pane Jie e between bet Stansbury and Antes Antee Ante- Ante je s e Islands blands 22 miles mUes north o of Sunt Sun- Sun it beach t and H. H B B. B Bolton BoIton marine engineer leer for the company left Sun- Sun at a a. a m. m Tuesday Y for tor tha the rite itte of operations The day is t tuba spent be removing what salt re- re tain on the outside and Interior of ot th the pl plane ne and in in lashing the pons pon- pon n s under the wings so that the pline can be floated and towed to t tie e cutoff cutoUt Nothing Secretive e There is nothing secretive about W Nr procedure Mr King explained W w simply want to protect the line n. n from from any possible damage that tail might prevent our determining tide i cause cause of the accident Yr King who with department o L commerce inspectors will have d charge elarge arge of or the plane after it is raised a fat sheaf of reports he nut gait fill out after inspection It Contained about 2000 questions to b H answered concerning meter read read- tats fAt t the he e condition of ot controls and it hate of machinery r C C. Cole ole service for 4 manager te Douglas Aircraft corporation ld Ide era 1 of the plane Tuesday left Z California to return after thc the Ip pIs is raised and make his report the we the manufacturers If