ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333978
| Date: | Friday 3 July 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | TG580 |
| MSN: | HP67/71 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gan RAF Station (GAN) -
 Maldives
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Katunayake RAF Station (CMB/VCBI) |
| Gan RAF Station (GAN/VRMG) |
The Hastings landed with a 23 knot crosswind. The undercarriage collapsed, the plane spun and slid off the runway.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
Location
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