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| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Misrair |
| Registration: | SU-ACT |
| MSN: | 6551 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Almaza Airport, Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo Governorate -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6551: Taken on charge as X7391 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 7.8.41. (Gipsy Queen III engines #70116/70118). To 10 AOS (Air Observers School) RAF Dumfries 13.9.41. To Air Taxis Ltd for major inspection 10.9.42; returned to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 24.2.43. To Misr Airwork, Cairo, Egypt 25.3.43.
Re-registered as SU-ACT 28.9.43 to Misr Airlines Ltd; named "Al Alamein".
Written off (Destroyed by fire) at Almaza Airport, Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt 25.2.51 whilst undergoing maintenance.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft X1000-Z9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1984)
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_SU-.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaza_Air_Base#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2016 17:01 | TB | Added |
| 27-Feb-2019 00:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2019 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Mar-2019 13:30 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2025 07:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 11-Mar-2025 07:54 | ASN | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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