Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 27 julio 1953 |
Tipo: | Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registración: | TG564 |
Numéro de série: | HP67/55 |
Año de Construcción: | |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Víctimas en Tierra: | Fatalidades: 1 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) ( Hong Kong)
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Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | ? |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
Descripción:The Hastings encountered windshear on finals, causing the undercarriage to strike a hut just short of the runway threshold. The aircraft then crashed next to the runway and caught fire.
Fuentes:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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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.