| Date: | Monday 11 July 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Hong Kong Airways |
| Registration: | VR-HDQ |
| MSN: | 9863 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) -
 Hong Kong
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
| Guangzhou Airport (CAN/ZGGG) |
The DC-3 overran the runway on takeoff and crashed into the water. The aircraft sank following rescue operations.
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| 10 August 1947 | VR-HDQ | Hong Kong Airways | 0 | near Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey, England |  |
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