26
Mar
Vickers 634 Viking 1B – SU-AFO
The 1000 inspections had been completed and the aircraft performed a 3-minute test flight. An asymmetric approach was made (no.1 prop f...
26
Mar
Vickers 634 Viking 1B – SU-AFK
Crashed shortly after takeoff for a flight to Luxor.
26
Mar
Vickers Valetta C.1 – VW180
The Valetta's tail wheel jack fractured on takeoff causing a loss of hydraulics fluid. The undercarriage could not be locked down and w...
26
Mar
Vickers Valetta C.1 – VW846
Engine problems after takeoff from RAF Fayid forced the crew to return to the airport. In the traffic circuit the remaining engine fail...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46D Commando – 1001
A C-46 transport plane operated by the Egyptian Air Force crashed in the desert east of Cairo, Egypt. Local press reports indicate that...
26
Mar
Handley Page Hastings C.1 – TG602
The Hastings transport plane climbed away in steep turns after takeoff. At a height of about 2000 feet the starboard elevator broke awa...
26
Mar
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc – SU-AHX
En route to Khartoum, the no. 1 engine caught fire. The engine was shut down, fire handles pulled and the prop was feathered. The capta...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6 – SE-BDD
The aircraft operated on an international service from Stockholm to Tokyo with en route stops at Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Geneva, Rome, C...
26
Mar
Handley Page Hastings C.1 – TG562
Crashed on takeoff. The airplane carried two jet engines for repairs in the U.K.
26
Mar
Vickers Valetta C.1 – VW823
The Valetta was parked at RAF Kasfareet and the no. 1 engine was being run up in preparation for departure. Then the aircraft nosed ove...