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| Date: | Tuesday 27 July 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Misrair |
| Registration: | SU-ACS |
| MSN: | 6544 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zaafarana (زعفرانة) Ras Ghareb, Red Sea Governorate, Gulf of Suez -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Zaafarana, Ras Ghareb, Red Sea Governorate, Gulf of Suez, Egypt |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6544: Taken on charge as X7384 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 20.7.41. (Gipsy Queen III engines #70085/70086). Delivered to 55 OTU RAF Usworth, Sunderland, County Durham 23.7.41. To 54 OTU RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire 13.3.42. To RAF Northolt Station Flight 19.8.42. To DeHavilland for maintenance 10.10.42; returned to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 18.2.43. Transferred to Misr-Airwork, Egypt 25.3.43.
Registered as SU-ACS 4.43 to Misr Airlines Ltd; named "Jerusalem" ("Al Quds" in Arabic).
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) (fire?) at Zaafarana (زعفرانة) Ras Ghareb, Red Sea Governorate, Gulf of Suez 27.7.48. Believed destroyed due to engine fire while static.
Zaafarana is located in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, near the Gulf of Suez.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft X1000-Z9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1984)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_SU-.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Ghareb
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 10:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 10:37 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 10:45 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 11-Nov-2016 15:29 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2019 13:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Mar-2019 13:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Mar-2019 17:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 19:42 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 19:42 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 27-Jun-2020 18:32 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Mar-2025 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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