Hull-loss description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 SEP 1956 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Operator: | Persian Air Services |
| Registration: | EP-ADB |
| C/n / msn: | 1224 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | London-Stansted Airport (STN) (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Fuel tank exploded during maintenance.
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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.
