Runway excursion Accident Handley Page Hastings C.2 WJ342,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333637
 

Date:Monday 23 January 1961
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Hastings C.2
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WJ342
MSN: HP67/143
Year of manufacture:1952
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport -   Kenya
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (HKRE)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
An engine failed during takeoff from Eastleigh Airport. The Hastings swerved onto a grass area where the undercarriage collapsed.

Sources:

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes

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