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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Anglo Iranian Oil Co |
| Registration: | G-AHTS |
| MSN: | 6962 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Middle East -
 Unknown country
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
MSN 6962: Taken on charge as TX304 against Contract No.6/Acft/5072/C20a at DeHavilland Witney, Oxfordshire 28.3.46. Struck off charge as sold 6.7.46 to Airwork Ltd. Registered as G-AHTS (C of R 10338) 3.6.46 to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd, Abadan, Persia (Iran). C of A 7859 issued 22.6.46.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing in an unspecified location in the Middle East 29.4.47. Registration G-AHTS cancelled 29.1.48 as 'destroyed'.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHTS.pdf
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AHTS.html
4. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/TX304.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Dec-2011 11:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2019 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2023 09:32 | TB | Updated |
| 06-Mar-2025 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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