ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18845
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| Date: | Sunday 16 April 1950 |
| Time: | 06:28 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 (Halton) |
| Owner/operator: | Worldair Carriers |
| Registration: | G-AHDX |
| MSN: | 1378/SH.28C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Hohgant, 10 km NW of Brienz -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schipol Airport, Netherlands (AMS/EHAM) |
| Brindisi Airport, Italy (BDS/LIBR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was performing a cargo flight from Amsterdam to Brindisi, carrying a load of 241 Philips radios. While flying over Switzerland by night and foggy conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of the Mount Hohgant (1,964 meters high) located near Schangnau, about 10 km northwest of Brienz.
Sources:
1. https://www.flieger-hanspeter.ch/Unfall-16-.-April-1950.htm
3. http://www.bezg.ch/img/publikation/12_1/01_12_BEZG_cornioley.pdf
9. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 220/7: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576795 (Swiss Accident Report)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2010 12:17 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2010 13:18 | TB | Updated [Nature] |
| 03-Mar-2014 00:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2014 18:10 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2014 18:11 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Mar-2017 22:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 22:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:17 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:18 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 23:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2019 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Dec-2019 19:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 20-Dec-2019 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2019 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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