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| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Misr Airlines |
| Registration: | SU-ABQ |
| MSN: | 6299 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 18 miles east of RAF El Gamil (Port Said Airport), Port Said -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lydda Airport, Lod, British Mandate in Palestine (TLV/LLBG) |
| RAF El Gamil (Port Said Airport), Port Said, Egypt (PSD/HEPS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
c/no. 6299: C of A 5074 issued 11.9.35 to Misr-Airwork; handed over 12.9.35 to Airwork Ltd & delivered ex Heston 18.9.35.(Gipsy Six engines #6332/6333). Registered as SU-ABQ 9.35 to Misr Airwork Ltd; named "Thebes".
Written off (destroyed) when crashed on landing 18 miles east of RAF El Gamil (Port Said Airport), Port Said, Egypt, 9.10.41. While approaching Port Said on a flight from Lod, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing 18 miles east of his intended destination. All six occupants were uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Port Said Airport (IATA: PSD, ICAO: HEPS) serves the city of Port Said, Egypt, at the north end of the Suez Canal. At the time of the above incident, the airfield was also known as RAF El Gamil
NOTE: One source (see link #1) gives the crash location as "18 miles North of Port Sudan" which is in Sudan, not Egypt.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_SU-.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p062.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-near-port-said
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/20/W1050 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6577255
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan_Military_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2011 18:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2016 11:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 11:39 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 16:03 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 16:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 02-Apr-2018 00:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2019 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2019 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2020 18:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2020 19:03 | TB | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, ] |
| 09-Mar-2025 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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