Last updated: 28 July 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 12 April 1951 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | TG552 |
| MSN: | HP67/43 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Negombo RAF Station ( Sri Lanka)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Negombo RAF Station (CMB/VCBI), Sri Lanka |
The Hastings transport plane crashed on landing. It went off the left side of the runway and ground looped 180 degrees.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
