ASN Aircraft accident Short S.25 Sunderland 3 G-AGEV Poole Harbour
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Date:Monday 4 March 1946
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short S.25 Sunderland 3
Operator:British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration: G-AGEV
MSN:
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Poole Harbour (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair after heavy landing. The aircraft had to be beached on Brownsea Island. Fleet name of the flying boat was "Hailsham".

Classification:
Heavy landing
Runway mishap

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