Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAY 1961 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Operator: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
| Registration: | OD-ACO |
| C/n / msn: | 1222 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Azaiba Airfield (Oman)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Azaiba Airfield, Oman |
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The left tyre of the Avro York plane burst on takeoff. A forced landing was carried out back at Azaiba and the aircraft swung off the runway, collapsing the undercarriage.
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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.
