Status:	Final
Date:	02 SEP 1977
Time:	08:38
Type:	Canadair CL-44D4-2
Operator:	Transmeridian Air Cargo
Registration:	G-ATZH
C/n / msn:	21
First flight:	1961
Total airframe hrs:	29376
Engines:	4 Rolls Royce 515-12 Tyne
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	5 km (3.1 mls) ENE off Waglan Island (Hong Kong)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong
Destination airport:	Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand
Flightnumber:	3751

Narrative:
The no. 4 engine failed shortly after take-off. The prop was feathered, but a fire developed and the aircraft was seen to crash into the sea on fire, 8 minutes after take-off.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of control following in-flight separation of the right-hand outboard wing section and the no.4 engine. These failures followed a no.4 engine failure, an internal engine fire and a fire in the aircraft fuel system eventually resulting in a massive external fire."

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