Toulon, May 18.
The landing of the Zeppelin in the darkness of night at Cuers Pierrefeu Aerodrome, about twenty miles from here, was a never-to-be-forgotten spectacle. The safe landing of the giant airship, with four of her five engines broken down and a steady wind blowing across the aerodrome, was largely due to the prompt arrangements made by the military authorities.
Within half-an-hour of the news that she was going to land, 600 troops were on the ground, flares were lit, and all possible measures were taken to ensure a landing. A stir amongst the onlookers indicated that the airship had been sighted, and within a short time the huge bulk of her envelope was clearly visible low down over the field. Down, down she came, her great cigar shape being slightly tilted with the forepart nearer the earth, until eventually she was only a few yards from the ground, and seemed to cover the whole field.
Guide ropes were seized, and she was hauled down and safely towed into the only hangar outside her own town of Friedrichshafen which would accommodate her. This happens to be the same hangar that was used by the ill-fated Dixmude which was lost two years ago with all hands.
The Irish Times, May 20th, 1929.