ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28884
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 November 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | London Aero & Motor Services (LAMS) |
| Registration: | ZS-BUL |
| MSN: | 1329 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Port Sudan, Red Sea -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Halifax C.Mk.VIII: Built for the RAF as PP245. Sold on and civil registered as G-AIWR 11 November 1946 to London Aero & Motor Service (LAMS), Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire (and, from 24 June 1947, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex). Registration G-AIWR cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 16 December 1947 as "Sold abroad".
Re-registered in South Africa as ZS-BUL. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a landing accident at Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan. Aircraft was operating a cargo flight routed Johannesburg – Nairobi – Port Sudan – Jeddah. The aircraft crashed on landing in Port Sudan Airport for an unknown reason. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all seven crew members were unhurt.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-port-sudan
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIWR.pdf
3. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/index.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2010 13:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2017 00:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2018 13:49 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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