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| Date: | Monday 10 December 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 31M |
| Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ5901 |
| MSN: | 12832 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 734 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | E of Cameron Highlands -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Bristol Freighter was on a supply dropping mission over jungle east of the Cameron Highlands. Radio contact with the plane was lost about midday and the wreckage was spotted by a search plane later that afternoon on a steep ridge at an elevation of some 4,000 feet. A rescue party was dropped off in a clearing approximately 2,000 yards from the crash site. Poor weather hampered attempts to reach the wreckage which was eventually reached after three days. One survivor had entered the jungle and was found after twelve days.
Sources:
Malaya Borneo veterans-1948/66 website
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