ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25914
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 October 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Air Jordan |
| Registration: | TJ-ABA |
| MSN: | 5175 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atarot Airport, Jerusalem -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Atarot Airport, Jerusalem, Israel (JRS/LLJR) |
| Marka International Airport, Amman, Jordan (ADJ/OJAM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5175 ex-RAF Oxford EB974. First civil registered (Certificate of Registry 11662) 14.8.47 as G-AJWY to Airspeed Ltd. Registration cancelled 10.3.48 as "sold abroad as VR-TAU". Certificate of Airworthiness issued 25.3.48.
Registered in Tanganyika as VR-TAU 30.3.48 to United Air Services Ltd, Dar-es-Salaam.
Reverted to G-AJWY 2.8.50 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. Certificate of Registry Number changed to R985 in 1950. Registration cancelled 2.9.50 as "sold abroad". Registered in Jordan as TJ-ABA 30.9.50 to Air Jordan, Amman.
Written off 31.10.1950: Crashed on takeoff at Jerusalem-Atarot Airport for unknown reason. While all six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were rescued, the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1950/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-65-consul-in-jerusalem/]
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJWY.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarot_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2011 04:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 00:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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