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Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro 685 York I |
Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
Registration: | G-AGJD |
MSN: | 1210 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport (TIP) -
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport (TIP/HLLT) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Avro York swung to the right during a crosswind takeoff, overcorrected and crashed.
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photo (c) Andy Frish; Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport (TIP/HLLT); 01 February 1949
photo (c) Andy Frish; Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport (TIP/HLLT); 01 February 1949
photo (c) Andy Frish; Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport (TIP/HLLT); 01 February 1949
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