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| Date: | Monday 29 May 1961 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WD497 |
| MSN: | HP67/125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km S of Singapore-Seletar RAF Station -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Hastings transport plane was doing a practice supply drop at RAF Seletar when an engine lost power. The aircraft stalled and crashed.
Sources:
The Straits Times, 31 May 1961, Page 20
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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