Unfallbericht:Whilst flying over the Mediterranean Sea at about 8500 feet a propeller blade separated from no. 2 engine. The propeller blade sliced into the fuselage, severing several control cables and killing the co-pilot who was in the crew quarters at that moment. Subsequently the engine detached from its bearers and fell away into the sea. The pilot diverted to Benina. On finals it contacted a hump of rocks and sand, causing the aircraft to flip over on to its back.
|Datum:||Mittwoch 20 Dezember 1950|
|Flugzeugtyp:||Handley Page Hastings C.1|
|Fluggesellschaft:||Royal Air Force - RAF|
|Besatzung:||Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 7|
|Fluggäste:||Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 27|
|Gesamt:||Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 34 |
|Konsequenzen:|| Written off (damaged beyond repair)|
|Unfallort:||Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN) ( Libyen)
|Flugphase:|| Annäherung (APR)|
|Flug von:||El Adem RAF Station, Libyen|
|Flug nach:||Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT), Libyen|
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not
display the exact flight path.
Distance from El Adem RAF Station to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 1007 km (629 miles).
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.