Date:	Wednesday 16 June 1943
Time:	08:35
Type:	Lockheed 414 Hudson VI
Owner/operator:	British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration:	FK459
MSN:	6935
Year of manufacture:	1942
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) -   Sudan
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS)

Narrative:
Stalled off a tight left hand turn from 800 feet on final approach to Khartoum, spun into the ground and burst into flames. Fuel starvation, probably caused by a partial air lock due to surging of petrol in near empty tanks, was thought to have caused the port engine to cut on the turn.

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