Estado: | |
Fecha: | domingo 4 marzo 1956 |
Tipo: | Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IV |
Operador: | Skyways |
Registración: | G-ALDW |
Numéro de série: | HP.81/23 |
Año de Construcción: | 1950 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Nicosia Airport (NIC) ( Chipre)
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Fase: | En Espera (STD) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional No Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC), Chipre |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | ? |
Descripción:An explosion occurred in the forward freight compartment while the airplane was on the ground at Nicosia. The explosion occurred 20 minutes before the aircraft was due to depart for the United Kingdom with 68 passengers.
A cabin crew member reported that the flight was delayed because one of the pilots was not woken up by a call and wanted his breakfast before he was prepared to fly out.
Fuentes:
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Flight, 16 March 1956» Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371
Fotos
accident date:
04-03-1956type: Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IV
registration: G-ALDW
accident date:
04-03-1956type: Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IV
registration: G-ALDW
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.