- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 24, 1924 |
Time: | c 12:00 |
Location: | Purley, England |
Operator: | Imperial Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | London - Paris |
AC Type: | de Havilland DH-34B |
Registration: | G-EBBX |
cn / ln: | 36 |
Aboard: | 8 (passengers:7 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 8 (passengers:7 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Shortly after taking off, witnesses observed a puff of white smoke after which the plane nose-dived into the ground. Crashed due to an unknown mechanical failure and subsiquent stall. Captain Stewart and seven passengers were killed in an attempted forced landing. |
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