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| Date: | Friday 20 August 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89B Dominie |
| Owner/operator: | Societe Autrex Lopez Loreta & Cie |
| Registration: | F-BAHY |
| MSN: | 6276 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seno, Savannakhét province -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Seno, Savannahket Province, Laos |
| Hanoi, Vietnam | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6276: First Registered as G-ADAJ [C of R 5485] 30.4.35 to unknown party (possibly De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd., Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex; aircraft based at Hatfield, Hertfordshire). Re-registered [C of R 5869] 10.5.35 to Hillmans Airways Ltd, Stapleford, Essex. C of A 4829 issued 5.6.35; delivered same day. Merged into British Airways Ltd 11.12.35; re-registered to them [C of R 6629] 10.1.36, still based at Stapleford. Re-registered [C of R 7364] 22.9.36 [and delivered 26.12.36] to Highland Airways Ltd, Kintore, Inverness; named "Inverness" in July 1937.
Merged into Scottish Airways Ltd, Inverness 12.8.37 and registered to them [C of R 8565] 18.6.38. Operated by AAJC at Inverness during WWII. Registered 1.2.47 to BEA (British European Airways Corporation). Registration cancelled 21.11.47 as "sold abroad". C of A renewed 1.4.48.
Inspected at Le Bourget 14.4.48; delivered to Tananarive, Madagascar, 21.4.48. Registered in France as F-BEDY 22.4.48 to Air France, Ivato, Madagascar. Registered as F-OADY (C of A 246167) 31.5.49 to same owner. Returned to Le Bourget late 1949. Registered as F-BAHY (C of R 17783) 21.10.50 to Air France, and operated by Ecole de l'Aviation Civile.
Sold 10.7.52 to Societe Autrex Lopez Loreta & Cie, Hanoi, Indo-China. Written off when crashed into trees on take-off Seno, Savannakhét province, Laos 20.8.54. Registration cancelled 22.12.56 as destroyed
Savannakhet (Lao: ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ) is a province of Laos. The name of Savannakhet Province derives from old Pali-Sanskrit language, meaning “a field of gold”. Settlements in the province include Savannakhet, Muong Song Khone, Ban Nihan, Seno, Dong-Hen, Muang Phalan, Ban Sanoun, Muang Phin, Ban Dong, Ban Nammi, Ban Nao Tai.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADAJ.pdf
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=78
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p062.html
6. http://www.angelfire.com/home/laoslist/ACReg/Autrex.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89b-dragon-rapide-seno
8. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ADAJ.html
9. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/F-OADY.html
10. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/F-BAHY.html
11. ‘The Triple Alliance’ by Neville Doyle, Air-Britain 2001
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannakhet_province
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Dec-2011 16:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2018 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2019 01:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2019 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-Feb-2019 01:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 19-Mar-2025 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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