Date:	Sunday 20 November 1949
Time:
Type:	Short Sunderland GR.5
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	NJ176
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Seletar Island -   Singapore
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL)
Destination airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak RAF Station (HKG/VHHH)

Narrative:
The Sunderland was overloaded as the crew attempted to take off from Seletar. The flying boat swung and crashed in shallow waters near Seletar Island.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Straits Times, 22 November 1949, Page 1

photo (c) Stuart Lockey; Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP); 21 November 1949

photo (c) Fred Edmondson, via Ron Eccles; Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP); 21 November 1949

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