Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 MAR 1946 |
| Type: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGLX |
| C/n / msn: | 1178 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Colombo (unknown airport), Sri Lanka |
| Cocos Islands Airport (CCK/YPCC), Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Disappeared between Sri Lanka and the Cocos Islands while on a flight to Australia. The aircraft was operated by Qantas.
Sources:
» The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
» WAAS
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
