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| Date: | Tuesday 10 October 1961 |
| Time: | ca 20 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WD498 |
| MSN: | HP67/126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 40 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Adem RAF Station -
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Adem RAF Station |
| Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
During takeoff from RAF El Adem the pilot's seat slid back. The Hastings stalled and crashed, bursting into flames.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
flightlinemalta.com
militaryimages.net
www.um.edu.mt
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