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Short S.23 Statistics

Hull-losses:	21
Hull-loss accidents:	15	with a total of 54 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings):	3	with a total of 35 fatalities
Hijackings:	0	with a total of 0 fatalities
Survival rate:	70.7%	of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Aircraft losses

Cumulative number of aircraft damaged beyond repair per year.

Accidents by flight operation type

Flight operation type breakdown for 14 hull-loss accidents.

11 Passenger flights
2 Military flights
1 Test/training flights

Worst accidents

date	type	registration	operator	fat.	location		pic	cat
28-FEB-1942	Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I	G-AETZ	BOAC, op.for Qantas Empire Airways	22	near Cilacap, Java, I...			C1
24-SEP-1942	Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat	G-AFCZ	BOAC	19	near M'bour, Senegal			A1

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