ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222632
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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Borneo Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | VR-OAB |
| MSN: | 6800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lahad Dutu Airport, Lahad Dutu, Sabah, Borneo -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lahad Dutu Airport, Lahad Dutu, Sabah (LBU/WBKD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6800: Taken on charge as NR701 at 5 MU RAF Kemble 19.10.44. To De Havilland Witney 19.3.46 and converted to Mk.3. Sold 13.8.46 to AAJC, Speke, Liverpool. Registered as G-AHXX (C of R 10443) 11.7.46 to the Ministry of Supply for AAJC use. Registered 9.8.46 to British European Airways Corporation; based Jersey (by 7.49). C of A 8061 issued 9.8.46. Prototype of BEA's "Islander" Class and named "RMA Islander". Sold 4.6.52 to BOAC for Malayan Airways Ltd. Registration G-AHXX cancelled 1.8.52 as "(sold in Malaya).
Registered in Borneo as VR-OAB 1.53 to Malayan Airways Ltd; operated by subsidiary Borneo Airways Ltd.
Damaged by fire on start up at Lahad Dutu Airport, Lahad Dutu, Sabah, Borneo 27.3.59; probably not repaired, as registration VR-OAB cancelled 10.3.61.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHXX.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
4. G-AHXX at Grimsetter, Orkney 30.11.51: https://aflyinghistory.com/search-aeroplane-photographs?query=G-AHXX
5. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Borneo%20Airways.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahad_Datu_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 23:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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