Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 OCT 1960 |
| Type: | Blackburn Beverley C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XL151 |
| C/n / msn: | 1037 |
| First flight: | 1957-09-11 (3 years 1 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Bristol 173 Centaurus |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Aden (Yemen)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The Beverley departed on a rescue search mission for an Aden Airways Beech C-45 plane which was overdue. The airplane flew into a sand dune at night and crashed.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Beverley Association
» UK Serials Resource Centre
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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.
