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| Date: | Saturday 16 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Anglo Iranian Oil Company |
| Registration: | G-AJGZ |
| MSN: | 6883 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aghajari Airport, Omidiyeh, Omidiyeh County, Khuzestan Province -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Aghajari Airport, Iran (AKW/OIAG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6883: Taken on charge as NR807 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 27.4.45. To 87 Group Communcations Squadron, Buc, France 15.5.45. To 428 R&SU (Repair & Servicing Unit), Buc. France 29.6.45 for repairs/overhaul; returned to 87 Group Comm Flight [undated, but probably in late 1945]. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 15.4.46.
Struck off charge when sold 10.12.46 to Airwork Ltd. Registered as G-AJGZ (C of R 11289) 12.2.47 to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd, Abadan, Persia (Iran). C of A 9030 issued 13.5.47.
Destroyed by fire at Aghajari Airport, Iran 16.7.49 on engine start-up. During engine start-up, a fire erupted. All six persons on board - pilot and five passengers - were able to evacuate the cabin and were unhurt. Unfortunately, the pilot was injured by the fire that completely destroyed the airplane.
Registration G-AJGZ cancelled 30.7.49 as "pwfu". (Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Aghajari Airport (IATA: AKW, ICAO: OIAG) is an airport serving Omidiyeh, a city in and the capital of Central District, in Omidiyeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJGZ.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-fire-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-aghajari
5. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AJGZ.html
6. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/NR807.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghajari_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2011 10:52 | jfraser | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 18:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2019 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2019 20:26 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2025 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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