- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 29, 1953 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Mtara, Tanganyika |
Operator: | Central African Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Nairobi - Dar-es-Salaam |
AC Type: | Vickers 616 Viking 1B |
Registration: | VP-YEY |
cn / ln: | 168 |
Aboard: | 13 (passengers:8 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:8 crew:5) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed after a wing failed due to metal fatigue cracks after the aircraft encountered strong winds. A wrong type of grease used when fitting press fit bolts to the booms caused corrosion, thus weakening the lower starboard boom at the outboard bolt hole. |
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