Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 5 April 1945
Aircraft Type: Short Sunderland III
Owner/operator: Royal Norwegian Air Force – RNoAF
Registration Number: PP140
Location: 160 km NW of Faroe Islands –
ÿ Atlantic Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: Four enginesFour engines
Category: Accident
A Sunderland aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure, resulting in a loss of power and subsequent impact with the sea, leading to a breakup.A Sunderland aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure, resulting in a loss of power and subsequent impact with the sea, leading to a breakup.
Description
One of the Sunderland’s four engines lost power. The airplane hit the sea in an attempted ditching, overturned and broke up.
Source of Information
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