Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 JUL 1953 |
| Type: | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-ALYR |
| C/n / msn: | 06004 |
| First flight: | 1951 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Calcutta (India) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Because taxy lights were too dim to use at night, the crew had to use the landing lights while taxying. Both lights had to be alternated left and right to avoid a meltdown by using a switch behind the captains seat. In a left hand turn the captain took his left hand off the steering wheel to select another landing light. The steering centered, and then the aircraft right wheel bogies ran off the paved surface. Engine power was applied on the two right engines, causing the bogie struts to be forced up and into the wing structure causing much damage.
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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.
