Accident description
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| 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)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
| Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand | |
| Flightnumber: | 3751 |
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." Events:
Sources:
Official accident investigation report
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Map
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 Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) to Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) as the crow flies is 1700 km (1063 miles).
Distance from Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) to Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) as the crow flies is 1700 km (1063 miles).
