| Date: | Friday 1 October 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
| Registration: | G-ADVC |
| MSN: | S.820 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Faliro Bay -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Alexandria Airport (ALY/HEAX) |
| Athens Seaplane Base |
The flying boat, named "Courtier", crashed during landing in Faliron Bay, Greece. in Faliron Bay. Three passengers drowned.
Weather was calm and sunny with a mirror like sea. Due to optical illusion the flying boat experienced a heavy landing and the fuselage cracked. The wreckage sank.
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië 2-10-1937
Athenian Newspaper ????????S pg 1 & 2
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