Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 APR 1957 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW832 |
| C/n / msn: | 393 |
| First flight: | 1949-06-30 (7 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Queria (Jordan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aqaba-King Hussein International Airport (AQJ/OJAQ), Jordan |
| Habbaniya RAF Station, Iraq |
Left wing separated after encountering turbulence; crashed 5 minutes after takeoff.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» UK Serials
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VW832 Pictured at Aqaba on the day of the accident.
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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.
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