ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar G-AGBW Kinangop Peak, Aberdare Range
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Date:Wednesday 29 November 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
Operator:British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration: G-AGBW
MSN: 18-2094
First flight: 1941
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kinangop Peak, Aberdare Range (   Kenya)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Juba Airport (JUB/HSSJ), South Sudan
Destination airport:Nairobi (unknown airport), Kenya
Narrative:
The Lodestar impacted a mountainside while descending towards Nairobi in poor weather conditions. The wreckage was found on January 1st, 1945.
The airplane operated on a flight from Cairo, Egypt to Juba, Sudan; Nairobi, Kenya; and Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).

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Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» Early Aviation Disasters / D. Gero, 2011


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