| Date: | Monday 12 June 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
| Registration: | G-ADVE |
| MSN: | S.822 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Calcutta -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
Capsized by gust and sank in River Hooghly on landing.
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