| Date: | Monday 10 October 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 644 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Iraqi Airways |
| Registration: | YI-ABQ |
| MSN: | 231 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Baghdad International Airport (BGW) -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Baghdad International Airport (BGW/ORBI) |
The Viking aircraft overran the Baghdad runway on takeoff, struck a ditch and caught fire.
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