| Date: | Thursday 21 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-AFYU |
| MSN: | 1444 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 480 km NW off Alexandria -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | As Sallum Airport |
| Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
The Super Electra ditched some 300 miles (480 km) north-west of Alexandria, Egypt. A ship rescued six survivors.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Alexandria to London-Croydon with en route stops at As Sallum and Malta.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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