ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page Hastings C.2 WJ342 Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport
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Date:Monday 23 January 1961
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page Hastings C.2
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WJ342
MSN: HP67/143
First flight: 1952
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (   Kenya)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (HKRE), Kenya
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
An engine failed during takeoff from Eastleigh Airport. The Hastings swerved onto a grass area where the undercarriage collapsed.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes


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