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| Date: | Thursday 31 October 1946 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: | Avro 652A Nineteen I |
| Owner/operator: | Westminster Airways |
| Registration: | G-AHYO |
| MSN: | 1360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lubushi, Northern Province -
 Zambia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Nineteen G-AHYO of Westminster Airways: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 October 1946 when crashed near Lubushi, Northern Province, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Departed Croydon on 25 October 1946 with 2 crew and 7 passengers, bound for Johannesburg, South Africa. Crashed & destroyed by fire near Lubushi, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Registration G-AHYO cancelled by the Air Ministry on 27 January 1947
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. Original Westminster Airways Aircraft Passenger, Baggage and Load Sheet
3. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/114561-westminster-airways-anson-g-ahyo
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHYO.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-19-lubushi
6. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AHYO.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2010 10:03 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2012 10:32 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2017 18:49 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2017 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2022 10:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 13-Apr-2022 11:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 06-Mar-2025 02:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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