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| Date: | Friday 9 September 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings |
| Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ5804 |
| MSN: | HP95/4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Darwin RAAF Station, NT (DRW) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Darwin RAAF Station, NT (DRW/YPDN) |
Power was lost in three engines due to multiple birdstrikes immediately after takeoff.
Sources:
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
Images:
photo (c) RuthAS; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 10 October 1953; (CC:by-sa)
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