ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27099
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 04-FEB-1956 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson 1 |
| Operator: | MacRobertson Miller Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-MMG |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Hawkstone Peak, King Leopold Range -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Tableland Cattle Station |
| Derby |
This was a Mercy flight to transport a very sick child to the Derby Hospital encountered severe electrical storms that were described as "the worst seen around here" and crashed basically on correct directional track. The wreckage was not discovered for about 3 weeks, despite the largest air search in Australian history (to that time), due to local flooding and generally poor weather conditions.
Sources:
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Mercy%20Flights%20article.htm
Family member of one of the casualties on the flight. Data is from personal investigations by myself and other family and friends over the years.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jul-2010 08:23 | Bruto 57 | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 07:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Source] |
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