Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 18 June 1946 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-268B |
Operator: | Aer Lingus |
Registration: | EI-ACA |
MSN: | 2178 |
First flight: | 1940 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Shannon ( Ireland)
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Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN), Ireland |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:A no. 1 engine fire shortly after takeoff forced the crew to carry out a forced landing in a swampy patch, 1 mile outside the airport.
Classification:
Engine fire
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 43)
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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.