Date:	Monday 22 August 1960
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4
Owner/operator:	British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration:	G-APDB
MSN:	6403
Year of manufacture:	1958
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Avon 524
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cairo International Airport (CAI) -   Egypt
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft began its takeoff run on a section of runway declared closed because of work in progress. At a speed of about 50 knots the port main wheels entered an excavated hole and axles and wheels became detached.
The takeoff was abandoned.

Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA

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21 June 1959

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photo (c) John Purser; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL)

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