| Date: | Monday 17 January 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 688 Tudor 4B |
| Owner/operator: | British South American Airways - BSAA |
| Registration: | G-AGRE |
| MSN: | 1253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | western Atlantic -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bermuda Air Terminal (BDA/TXKF) |
| Kingston Airport (KIN/MKJP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A British South American Airways Avro Tudor named "Star Ariel" went missing on a flight between Bermuda and Jamaica with 20 on board.
Tudor G-AGRE departed Bermuda at 08:41 for the first leg to Kingston of a flight to Santiago. Last radio contact was at 09:42 when the flight informed Bermuda that they had passed though 30deg N and that they were changing to the Kingston frequency. Nothing more was heard from the flight; no wreckage was found. Weather at the time of the disappearance was good; wind was north at 36 knots, no clouds over FL100 (cruising altitude was FL180) and freezing level of FL140.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Through lack of evidence due to no wreckage having been found the cause of the accident is unknown."
Sources:
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery- Solved / L.D. Kusche
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2025 19:39 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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