ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333475
Date: | Tuesday 10 October 1961 |
Time: | ca 20 |
Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | WD498 |
MSN: | HP67/126 |
Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 40 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | El Adem RAF Station -
Libya
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El Adem RAF Station |
Destination airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Narrative:During takeoff from RAF El Adem the pilot's seat slid back. The Hastings stalled and crashed, bursting into flames.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes flightlinemalta.com militaryimages.net www.um.edu.mt Location
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