Estado: | |
Fecha: | domingo 6 octubre 1946 |
Tipo: | Avro 685 York C.1 |
Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registración: | MW125 |
Numéro de série: | |
Año de Construcción: | |
Motores: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 6 / Ocupantes: 6 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 15 / Ocupantes: 15 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 21 / Ocupantes: 21 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 160 km (100 milles) W de la costa de Penang, Malaysia [Bay of Bengal] ( Océano Índico)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC), India |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Penang International Airport (PEN/WMKP), Malasia |
Descripción:Crashed at sea.
Fuentes:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
»
The Indian Express - Oct 10, 1946
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Map
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 Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport to Penang International Airport as the crow flies is 2297 km (1436 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.