Last updated: 3 December 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 10 December 1956 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 31M |
| Operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ5901 |
| MSN: | 12832 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 734 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | E of Cameron Highlands ( Malaysia)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Bristol Freighter was on a supply dropping mission over jungle east of the Cameron Highlands. Radio contact with the plane was lost about midday and the wreckage was spotted by a search plane later that afternoon on a steep ridge at an elevation of some 4,000 feet. A rescue party was dropped off in a clearing approximately 2,000 yards from the crash site. Poor weather hampered attempts to reach the wreckage which was eventually reached after three days. One survivor had entered the jungle and was found after twelve days.
Sources:
» Malaya Borneo veterans-1948/66 websitePhotos
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.
