Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Datum: | 24 MAI 1961 |
| Zeit: | ca 04:35 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Kennzeichen: | VH-TAA |
| Werknummer: | 43065 |
| Baujahr: | 1946 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 46006 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Bulwer Island, QLD (Australien)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
| Flug von: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY), Australien |
| Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN), Australien | |
| Flugnummer: | 1902 |
Flight 1902, a cargo flight from Sydney to Brisbane, took off at 02:29. The flight crew reported 30 miles south of the airport and were given landing information. At 04:34 they reported the field in sight. The DC-4 didn't arrive at Brisbane and was later found to have crashed on Bulwer Island in a tidal covered mangrove-covered mud flat.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident occurred during the pre-landing circuit when the captain tried to leave his seat under the influence of a disordered cardiac function and, in the course of so doing, collapsed across the engine control console in such a way as to bring all four throttle levers to the closed position depriving the first officer of the throttle movement necessary to avoid a crash-landing off the airport." Informationsquelle:
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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 Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW to Brisbane International Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 751 km (469 miles).
Distance from Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW to Brisbane International Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 751 km (469 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.
