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Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1939 |
Time: | 13:25 LT |
Type: | Lockheed 10A Electra |
Owner/operator: | British Airways |
Registration: | G-AESY |
MSN: | 1102 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Storstroem Straits, off Vordingborg -
Denmark
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex |
Destination airport: | Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:While flying some 80 km south of Copenhagen, the pilot informed ATC about a fire on board and reduced his altitude. Due to a sudden hazardous situation, the captain attempted to ditch the aircraft into the sea, off the Vordingborg coast. The aircraft hit the water surface and before it came to rest, the copilot jumped into the water. He was slightly injured and quickly rescued while the aircraft sunk rapidly. All five other occupants were killed, among them two employees from the Standard Oil Company based in New Jersey. Although salvaged, G-AESY was corroded beyond repair and scrapped.
Causes: Fuel vapor ignited either in its cabin or the space in its port wing, necessitating a forced landing. The blaze was attributed to the leakage of gasoline from the overflow boxes, which in turn must have resulted from the overfilling of its fuel tanks. However, the cause of the ignition of the fuel could not be determined.
Sources:
2.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AESY.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html 4.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?97335-Lockheed-Electra-Electra-Junior-and-Super-Electra-s&p=1521151#post1521151 7.
http://crashmail.dk/air-crashes/1939-08-15/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2017 16:10 |
TB |
Added |
01-Feb-2018 22:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
12-Jul-2018 21:06 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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