WITH ITS THREE JEWISH PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THREE DEAD AND COVERED WITH SNOW, A LOT (POLISH) AIRLINER LOST SINCE LAST TUESDAY EN ROUTE TO POLAND FROM PALESTINE, WAS FOUND TODAY DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THE PIRYN MOUNTAINS OF BULGARIA.
THE AIRPLANE’S HULK WAS DISCOVERED NEAR THE MOZALOW PEAK AT A HEIGHT OF 2,610 METERS. IT WAS ASSUMED FIRE HAD BROKEN OUT IN THE PLANE AFTER AN EXPLOSION WHICH FOLLOWED A FORCED LANDING. THE PASSENGERS WERE THE PALESTINIAN INDUSTRIALIST, RAKOWSKI, A PHYSICIAN NAMED FREIMAN AND AN AUSTRIAN NAMED NEUGRASSEL.
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