ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305925
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| Date: | Saturday 10 October 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hastings C3 |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ5804 |
| MSN: | HP95/4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF Negombo -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | London, England |
| Christchurch, New Zealand |
Participant in 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race, carrying 25 crew and 2 civilians. On Leg 4 from Oman to Ceylon, one of the engines failed over the Indian Ocean. Battling thunderstorms for 1.5 hours and with fuel running low, the Hastings made an emergency landing on a flooded runway at RAF Negombo, suffering minor damage to the flaps, but no injuries to any of the 27 on board. After a replacement engine was flown out from New Zealand, NZ5804 departed Ceylon on 20 October.
Sources:
1. Press, 13 October 1953.
2. www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzhastings.htm
3. https://splashdown2.tripod.com/id30.html
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