ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222247
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1953 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Arab Airways Association Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AGZK |
| MSN: | 6937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marka International Airport, Marka district, Amman -
 Jordan
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Marka International Airport, Amman, Jordan (ADJ/OJAM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6937: Taken on charge as RL955 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at De Havilland Witney 2.1.46. Sold 23.2.46 to British-American Air Services Ltd. Registered as G-AGZK (C of R 9862) 12.1.46 to British American Air Services Ltd, London SW1. (Aircraft officially based at Croydon, although other sources state that G-AGZK was based at White Waltham). C of A 7464 issued 21.3.46. Cancelled 22.9.47 & re-registered 30.10.47 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, London (aircraft based at Tripoli, Lebanon). New C of R No.R1938 issued in 1950. C of A lapsed 13.1.51. Registration G-AGZK cancelled 13.12.51 as sold.
Sold from Beirut to Arab Airways Association Ltd, Amman, Jordan (with G-AJVA, for spares or rebuild). Possibly for spares use only as never re-registered in Jordan. Written off 9.5.53 when Destroyed in hangar fire at Marka International Airport, Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Amman, Jordan, some 5 km north-east of Amman city center. This was the same hangar fire that also destroyed DH.89A TJ-AAA (c/no. 6954) and TJ-ABM (c.no/ 6600) - which see
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGZK.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman_Civil_Airport
5. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AGZK.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2019 19:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2019 21:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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