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| Date: | Monday 23 January 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ342 |
| MSN: | HP67/143 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (HKRE) |
An engine failed during takeoff from Eastleigh Airport. The Hastings swerved onto a grass area where the undercarriage collapsed.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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