- 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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