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Datum: | zaterdag 23 maart 1946 |
Type: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C.1 |
Vloog voor: | Qantas |
Gehuurd van: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
Registratie: | G-AGLX |
Constructienummer: | 1178 |
Bouwjaar: | |
Motoren: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 10 / inzittenden: 10 |
Schade: | Vermist |
Gevolgen: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Plaats: | Indian Ocean ( Indische Oceaan)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Negombo RAF Station (CMB/VCBI), Sri Lanka |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Cocos Islands Airport (CCK/YPCC), Cocos (Keeling) Eilanden |
Beschrijving: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.
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The West Australian 26 Mar 1946» The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
Foto's
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Negombo RAF Station en Cocos Islands Airport bedraagt 2841 km (1776 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.