Incident Airspeed Oxford Mk I VP-KOX,
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Date:Sunday 8 January 1961
Time:day
Type:Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:Hunting Aerosurveys (East Africa) Ltd
Registration: VP-KOX
MSN: 3507
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Karachi Airport, Karachi, Sindh Province -   Pakistan
Phase: Standing
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Karachi Airport (KHI/OPKC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
G-AIUH Oxford c/n 3507 (ex NM277). Registered [CofR 10976] 13.10.47 to Reid & Sigrist Ltd, Desford, Leicestershire. Modified with Consul-type nose. CofA 10079 issued 6.1.49. Cancelled 10.3.52 and re-registered 11.3.52 to Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd, Luton.

Registration cancelled 20.9.58 as "sold to Kenya". Re-registered VP-KOX 4.1.59 to Hunting Aerosurveys [East Africa] Ltd, Nairobi. Damaged by collision with a tractor whilst parked in a hangar at Karachi Airport, Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan 8.1.61 and probably not repaired

Sources:

1. https://www.scribd.com/doc/48260780/Aircraft-Profile-No-227-the-Airspeed-Oxford
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIUH.pdf
4. http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/o/126/9_o/0

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2011 13:33 Dr. John Smith Added
27-Jul-2017 22:42 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]

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