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Date: | Sunday 2 August 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Auster AOP.9 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary AF |
Registration: | HKG-9 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hong Kong harbour -
Hong Kong
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Crashed into the Hong Kong harbour on take-off. Sunk 40 feet deep with the pilot trapped inside. The passenger (40) picked up from the water slightly injured.
Sources:
1.
www.worldairforces.com/Countries/hongkong/HKGaircraft.html 2.
www.key.aero Where did all the RHKAAF Austers end up?
3. Air Pictorial, January 1983, p7
Eastern Sun 3 August 1970, p4
Revision history:
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26-Dec-2021 03:13 |
Ron Averes |
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26-Dec-2021 03:35 |
Ron Averes |
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26-Dec-2021 03:37 |
Ron Averes |
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26-Dec-2021 03:38 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Source] |
27-Dec-2021 03:11 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Source] |