| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1948 |
| Time: | ca 08:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK Dakota IV |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGKN |
| MSN: | 26429/14984 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | SW of Toulon ( France)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta |
| Toulon-Hyères Airport (TLN/LFTH), France |
Crashed into cloud-covered cliffs.
Sources:
» Flight 29 July 1948Photos
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Toulon-Hyères Airport as the crow flies is 1068 km (668 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Toulon-Hyères Airport as the crow flies is 1068 km (668 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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