ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335075
Date: | Monday 21 June 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Short Sunderland MR.5 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | SZ599 |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Christmas Island -
Christmas Island
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The airplane lost a float and an engine after hitting a swell on landing. It was scuttled.
Sources:
The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen / By John Evans, 1993 Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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