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| Date: | Sunday 18 July 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland MR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VB887 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km SE of Cheung Chau Island -
 Hong Kong
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Sunderland lost a float on takeoff. It was abandoned, capsized and sank.
The aircraft operated on a training flight.
Sources:
Diário de Lisboa 18 July 1954, p16
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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