- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 06, 1965 |
Time: | 1600 |
Location: | Near Oxford, England |
Operator: | Military -Royal Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Handley Page Hastings C Mark 1 |
Registration: | TG577 |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 41 (passengers:35 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 41 (passengers:35 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane, carrying paratroopers, climbed to 2,000 ft., made a left turn and crashed. Fatigue fracture of 2 bolts that attached the elevator to the horizontal stabilizer resulted in an abnormal pitch-up attitude and stall. |
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