Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUL 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK |
| Operator: | Tropic Airways |
| Registration: | ZS-DFB |
| C/n / msn: | 12414 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Benghazi (Libya) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta |
| Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB), Libya |
Ditched during a cross-Mediterranean flight from Malta to Benina. This was a leg on the Amsterdam-Johannesburg flight. All occupants were rescued by a US Navy SA-16 Albatross and transferred to Royal Navy ships.
Events:
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 54)
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Benghazi-Benina International Airport as the crow flies is 674 km (421 miles).
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Benghazi-Benina International Airport as the crow flies is 674 km (421 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
