ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Valetta C.1 VW833 Zalingei
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Date:Tuesday 10 April 1951
Type:Silhouette image of generic vltt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Valetta C.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: VW833
MSN: 395
First flight: 1949-07-06 (1 year 9 months)
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 230
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Zalingei (   Sudan)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN), Nigeria
Destination airport:El Fasher Airport (ELF/HSFS), Sudan
Narrative:
The Valetta crew had to carry out a forced landing in a dry river bed as a result of fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a ferry flight.

Classification:
Fuel exhaustion
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)


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Distance from Kano International Airport to El Fasher Airport as the crow flies is 1819 km (1137 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.
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