Date:	Monday 12 January 1953
Time:
Type:	Handley Page Hastings C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	TG602
MSN:	HP67/80
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5,6 km WSW of Shallufa RAF Station -   Egypt
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fayid RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Hastings transport plane climbed away in steep turns after takeoff. At a height of about 2000 feet the starboard elevator broke away, followed by the port elevator and the tailplane. The aircraft lost control and crashed into the ground.
Investigation revealed that a certain modification which included the installation of increased diameter bolts in the tail section had not been carried out on TG602.

E-mail B.Dawson (29-6-2007)
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