- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 02, 1977
Time: 0838
Location: Off Hong Kong
Operator: Transmeridian Air Cargo
Flight #: 3751
Route: Hong Kong-Bangkok
AC Type: Canadair CL-44D4-2
Registration: G-ATZH
cn / ln: 21
Aboard: 4   (passengers:0  crew:4)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:0  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The No. 4 engine failed shortly after taking off. A fire developed and the plane crashed into the ocean. A loss of control following in-flight separation of the right-hand outboard wing section and the No.4 engine. These failures followed a No.4 engine failure, an internal engine fire and a fire in the aircraft fuel system eventually resulting in a massive external fire.
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