| Date: | Friday 27 August 1948 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Avro 691 Lancastrian C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGMB |
| MSN: | 1182 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tengah RAF Station (TGA) -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tengah RAF Station (TGA/WSAT) |
| Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) |
One hour into the flight to Colombo, the low oil pressure on one of the engines forced the pilot to return to Singapore. The aircraft overran the runway onto rough ground on landing.
Sources:
The Age - Aug 28, 1948
Images:
photo (c) Val West; Tengah RAF Station (TGA); August 1948
photo (c) Val West; Tengah RAF Station (TGA); August 1948
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