Détails:
The Avro 691 Lancastrian operated on a flight from the United Kingdom to Australia. The initial stages to Karachi were carried out by BOAC. The continuing legs from Karachi to Colombo, Cocos Islands, Perth, Gawler and Sydney were carried out by Qantas.
Lancastrian G-AGLX was a former RAF Lancaster bomber, converted for civilian use.
Reportedly the departure from Colombo's Negombo RAF Station was delayed for two hours because of a fault in the plane's radio equipment. After departing for the flight across the Indian Ocean to the Cocos Islands, the crew radioed position reports. The last position report received was at 18:00 hours Perth time. The scheduled report at 18:30 was never received and the aircraft was reported missing.
The point at which the Lancastrian last reported was within the inter-tropic area where the weather front was probably at its worst over the whole route.
An extensive search failed to find a trace of the aircraft.
» The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | samedi 23 mars 1946 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C.1 |
| Opérant pour: | Qantas |
| Loué à : | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Immatriculation: | G-AGLX |
| Numéro de série: | 1178 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Moteurs: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Total: | victimes: 10 / à bord: 10 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Disparu |
| Conséquences: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Indian Ocean ( Océan Indien)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Negombo RAF Station (CMB/VCBI), Sri Lanka |
| Cocos Islands Airport (CCK/YPCC), Îles des Cocos |
The Avro 691 Lancastrian operated on a flight from the United Kingdom to Australia. The initial stages to Karachi were carried out by BOAC. The continuing legs from Karachi to Colombo, Cocos Islands, Perth, Gawler and Sydney were carried out by Qantas.
Lancastrian G-AGLX was a former RAF Lancaster bomber, converted for civilian use.
Reportedly the departure from Colombo's Negombo RAF Station was delayed for two hours because of a fault in the plane's radio equipment. After departing for the flight across the Indian Ocean to the Cocos Islands, the crew radioed position reports. The last position report received was at 18:00 hours Perth time. The scheduled report at 18:30 was never received and the aircraft was reported missing.
The point at which the Lancastrian last reported was within the inter-tropic area where the weather front was probably at its worst over the whole route.
An extensive search failed to find a trace of the aircraft.
Sources:
» The West Australian 26 Mar 1946» The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Negombo RAF Station et Cocos Islands Airport est de 2841 km (1776 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Negombo RAF Station et Cocos Islands Airport est de 2841 km (1776 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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