. Bell telephone magazine . possibilities of dis- Rescue at Gander: Asurvivor of the air-plane crash in theNewfoundland wildsis removed from thescene in a CoastGuard helicopter tress; and three major agencies inthis country had been notified, hadmade contact with their respectiveforces, and were keeping open thechannels for the receipt of furtherreports. The Search Begins When the missing planes estimatedgasoline supply was reckoned to havebeen exhausted, it was assumed thatit had made a forced landing andCoast Guard search planes stood byat Argentia base until they could takeoff at daylight.
. Bell telephone magazine . possibilities of dis- Rescue at Gander: Asurvivor of the air-plane crash in theNewfoundland wildsis removed from thescene in a CoastGuard helicopter tress; and three major agencies inthis country had been notified, hadmade contact with their respectiveforces, and were keeping open thechannels for the receipt of furtherreports. The Search Begins When the missing planes estimatedgasoline supply was reckoned to havebeen exhausted, it was assumed thatit had made a forced landing andCoast Guard search planes stood byat Argentia base until they could takeoff at daylight. Fog made the quest difficult, andthe discovery of several older planewrecks added uncertainty. By radiotelephone the search pilots in theirplanes asked Argentia to find out thecolor of the missing plane; Argentiaqueried New York headquarters bythe same circuits already described;an ordinary telephone call to the airlines office in the city brought the de-sired information; it was routed backto Argentia; and from Argentia to. 1946-47 The Coast Guard Operates Through Cofnmunications 205 the pilots still aloft—all in a matterof minutes. A further complication arose fromthe circulation of unfounded of these, that the plane hadcrashed in the sea near Newfound-land, was so persistent that NewYork headquarters had to radio Ar-gentia to investigate. A Coast Guardplane was sent on an extensive flightin order to eliminate that possibility. The wreck of the missing planewas first sighted and the existence ofsurvivors determined about 10 oclockthat morning by a TWA transatlanticplane out of New York and makingfor Gander airfield. While circlingthe scene of the crash it summonedby radio telephone the Coast Guarddetachments which were searchingnearby, and these in turn notified theGander, Argentia, and Stephenvilleairfields. By 10:18 a Coast Guardplane reported that it had located thewreckage and was attempting to landon a pond nearby. This news was immediately flashedto the Coa
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