Incident de Havilland DH.84 Dragon I SU-ABJ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191281
 
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Date:Wednesday 22 June 1938
Time:night
Type:de Havilland DH.84 Dragon I
Owner/operator:Misr Airlines
Registration: SU-ABJ
MSN: 6051
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Almaza Airport, Almaza, Cairo -   Egypt
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Almaza Airport, Cairo, Egypt (HEAZ)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
c/no 6051 (Gipsy Major #5336/5337) To Misr Airwork with C of A 4062 issued 21.10.33; departed Heston on delivery 27.10.33. Registered as SU-ABJ to Misr-Airwork SAE; named "El Barak".

Destroyed by fire at Almaza, Cairo, Egypt 22.6.38 when signal rockets accidently fired inside aircraft after night flying exercise with Army aircraft.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
3. https://calisphere.org/item/bb5aa5755e1335d61e562339cc1aa1ec/ [photo]
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaza_Air_Base#History

Media:

Hilda Jarmuth Collection Photo Hilda Jarmuth Collection Photo Hilda Jarmuth Collection Photo  DH.84 aircraft SU-ABJ

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Nov-2016 17:01 TB Added
02-Oct-2017 22:27 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
15-Mar-2020 07:24 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
24-Oct-2022 23:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
24-Oct-2022 23:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]]
24-Oct-2022 23:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
28-Oct-2022 17:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]

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