ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342284
Date: | Friday 1 October 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
Registration: | G-ADVC |
MSN: | S.820 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Faliro Bay -
Greece
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Alexandria Airport (ALY/HEAX) |
Destination airport: | Athens Seaplane Base |
Narrative:The flying boat, named "Courtier", crashed during landing in Faliron Bay, Greece. in Faliron Bay. Three passengers drowned.
Weather was calm and sunny with a mirror like sea. Due to optical illusion the flying boat experienced a heavy landing and the fuselage cracked. The wreckage sank.
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië 2-10-1937 Athenian Newspaper ????????S pg 1 & 2 Location
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