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Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1935 |
Time: | 19:15 |
Type: | Short S.8 Calcutta |
Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
Registration: | G-AASJ |
MSN: | S.752 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Alexandria -
Egypt
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Alexandria Airport (ALY/HEAX) |
Narrative:The aircraft, named "City of Khartoum", ran out of fuel within sight of Alexandria landing flares. Three crew and nine passengers went down with the craft when she sank in the River Nile.
The flying boat operated on a flight from London to Alexandria via Brindisi and Mirabella, Crete.
Sources:
Flightglobal magazine dated 2nd, 9th and 16th January 1936
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Apr-2024 04:59 |
zerocinquanta |
Updated [Narrative] |