Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 SEP 1958 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York I |
| Operator: | Middle East Airlines - MEA |
| Registration: | OD-ADB |
| C/n / msn: | 1307 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italy |
The Avro York was on a cargo flight from Beirut to London via Rome when it disappeared of the Mediterranean Sea.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Roma-Ciampino Airport as the crow flies is 2175 km (1359 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Roma-Ciampino Airport as the crow flies is 2175 km (1359 miles).
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.
