Incident Overview
Date: Friday 29 October 1948
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 14-08 Super Electra
Owner/operator: R.A. Brand & Co. Ltd.
Registration Number: G-AKPD
Location: off Elba [Tyrrhenian Sea] –
ÿ Italy
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft control systems.Aircraft control systems.
Category: Accident
A BOAC DH.106 Comet jetliner crashed into the sea off Elba on March 22, 1954, during the search for the missing aircraft. The wreckage was discovered.A BOAC DH.106 Comet jetliner crashed into the sea off Elba on March 22, 1954, during the search for the missing aircraft. The wreckage was discovered.
Description
Crashed into the sea off Elba. The wreckage was found on March 22, 1954 during the search for a missing BOAC DH.106 Comet jetliner (G-ALYP) that had crashed into the sea, January 10, 1954.
Source of Information
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/aug/14/jamiedoward.theobserver, http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKPD.pdf, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62509546http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/aug/14/jamiedoward.theobserver, http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKPD.pdf, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62509546Primary Cause
Loss of control during flight.Loss of control during flight.Share on:
