Date: | Sunday 20 November 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Short Sunderland GR.5 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | NJ176 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Seletar Island -
Singapore
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL) |
Destination airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak RAF Station (HKG/VHHH) |
Narrative:The Sunderland was overloaded as the crew attempted to take off from Seletar. The flying boat swung and crashed in shallow waters near Seletar Island.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Straits Times, 22 November 1949, Page 1
Location
Images:
photo (c) Stuart Lockey; Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP); 21 November 1949
photo (c) Fred Edmondson, via Ron Eccles; Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP); 21 November 1949
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