ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337283
| Date: | Tuesday 18 June 1946 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-268B |
| Owner/operator: | Aer Lingus |
| Registration: | EI-ACA |
| MSN: | 2178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shannon -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
A no. 1 engine fire shortly after takeoff forced the crew to carry out a forced landing in a swampy patch, 1 mile outside the airport.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 43)
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