Descripción del Accidente ASN 05 AUG 1956 Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA G-ALDK - Karachi-Drigh Road Airforce Station
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Fecha:domingo 5 agosto 1956
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic hphm model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA
Operador:Britavia
Registración: G-ALDK
Numéro de série: HP.81/12
Año de Construcción: 1950
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 7
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 65
Total:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 72
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Karachi-Drigh Road Airforce Station (   Pakistán)
Fase: Aterrizaje (LDG)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Internacional No Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:?
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistán
Descripción:
The Britavia Handley Page Hermes tried to land at the wrong airfield, Drigh Road instead of Karachi, in heavy rain. The aircraft undershot the runway.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "An undershooting of the runway 07 selected for landing attributable to the failure of the aircraft's left wind-shield wiper. The secondary cause was a mistake in confusing runway 08 at PAF airfield Drigh Road, with runway 07 at Karachi Airport (the latter being the correct runway for use) when landing in meteorological conditions below those recommended as minima by the Pakistan Department of Civil Aviation."



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