Date:	Friday 15 February 1946
Time:
Type:	Short S.25 Sunderland 3
Owner/operator:	British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration:	G-AGET
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	OT
Location:	Calcutta -   India
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	-
Departure airport:	-
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
Burned out while refuelling. The Sunderland flying boat caught fire due to an explosion on an adjacent barge on River Hooghly and was sunk. One fitter was killed and 13 injured; crew unhurt.

The Indian Express 16 February 1946, p5
The Indian Express 28 February 1946, p5

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