Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 AUG 1948 |
| Type: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGMB |
| C/n / msn: | 1182 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tengah RAF Station (TGA) (Singapore) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tengah RAF Station (TGA/WSAT), Singapore |
| Colombo (unknown airport), Sri Lanka |
One hour into the flight to Colombo, the low oil pressure on one of the engines forced the pilot to return to Singapore. The aircraft overran the runway onto rough ground on landing.
Events:
Sources:
» The Age - Aug 28, 1948
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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.
