Date:	Wednesday 30 August 1950
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN240
MSN:	27109/15664
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Jemaja Island, Indonesia -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Singapore-Changi RAF Station
Destination airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH)

Narrative:
The Dakota had departed Singapore on a flight to Hong Kong and Saigon. Over the South China Sea something went wrong, causing the plane to crash into the sea. One passenger survived the accident.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings

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