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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Morton Air Services |
| Registration: | G-AIOU |
| MSN: | 4355 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Egyptian Desert, 26 km South of El Alamein, Matruh Governate -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Cairo, Egypt | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
G-AIOU Airspeed AS.65 Consul MSN 4355 (ex-RAF Airspeed Oxford PK303). Registered 9.11.46 to Morton Air Services Ltd, Croydon. C of A 8784 issued 10.1.47. C of R 10865/1.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Crashed in the Egyptian Desert, 26 km South of El Alamein, Matruh Governate [at coordinates 30'35N, 29'00E] 24.5.48. Enroute, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to make an emergency landing in a desert area located about 26 km south of El Alamein. All four occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Registration cancelled as crashed 24.5.48.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIOU.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-near-el-alamein
4. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AIOU.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Alamein
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jan-2010 23:20 | John Baker | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2011 09:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2017 14:22 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2017 14:28 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2017 22:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2019 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jun-2020 07:07 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2025 02:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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