ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324943
Date: | Wednesday 13 July 1994 |
Time: | 01:35 |
Type: | Avro Shackleton MR.3 |
Owner/operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
Registration: | 1716 |
MSN: | 1526 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Western Sahara -
Western Sahara
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP) |
Destination airport: | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT) |
Narrative:The Avro Shackleton was a decommissioned SAAF airplane, restored to flying condition. En route from South Africa to the U.K. two engines on the starboard side failed within a period of just ten minutes. The aircraft descended and crash-landed in the desert.
Sources:
Pelican 16 Down : The sad story of a SAAF Shackleton (Part 3 of Shackleton MR3 in SAAF Service) The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
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