Hull-loss description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 MAR 1956 |
| Type: | Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IV |
| Operator: | Skyways |
| Registration: | G-ALDW |
| C/n / msn: | HP.81/23 |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nicosia (Cyprus)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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An explosion occurred in the forward freight compartment while the airplane was on the ground at Nicosia. Sabotage.
Events:
Sources:
» Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371
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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.
