Narrative:
Ground looped and caught fire while taxiing after landing.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Lydda to Warsaw via Athens, Thessaloniki, Sofia, and Bucharest.
» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 18 August 1938 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 14-H Super Electra |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-BNJ |
| MSN: | 1424 |
| First flight: | 1938 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU) ( Romania)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS), Romania |
| Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
Ground looped and caught fire while taxiing after landing.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Lydda to Warsaw via Athens, Thessaloniki, Sofia, and Bucharest.
Sources:
» samolotypolskie.pl» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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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 Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 926 km (579 miles).
Distance from Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 926 km (579 miles).
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