- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 17, 1929
Time: 1130
Location: Off Dungeness, England
Operator: Imperial Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: London - Paris - Basil - Zuric
AC Type: Handley Page W-10
Registration: G-EBMT
cn / ln: W10/4
Aboard: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Fatalities: 7   (passengers:7  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane was over the English Channel, approximately 3 miles offshore, when an engine failed. The pilot attempted to return to the airport but the plane ditched into the English Channel. Failure of a connecting rod on a cylinder due to fatigue.The plane was named "City of Ottawa."
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