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| Date: | Monday 9 April 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WD483 |
| MSN: | HP67/111 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ataq Airport (AXK) -
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aden-Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE/ODAA) |
| Ataq Airport (AXK/ODAT) |
Undercarriage collapsed on landing. The Hastings caught fire.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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