Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JUL 1959 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | TG580 |
| C/n / msn: | HP67/71 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gan RAF Station (GAN) (Maldives) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Katunayake RAF Station (CMB/VCBI), Sri Lanka |
| Gan RAF Station (GAN/VRMG), Maldives |
The Hastings landed with a 23 knot crosswind. The undercarriaged collapsed, the plane spun and slid off the runway.
Sources:
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» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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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 Katunayake RAF Station to Gan RAF Station as the crow flies is 1143 km (715 miles).
Distance from Katunayake RAF Station to Gan RAF Station as the crow flies is 1143 km (715 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.
