- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 21, 1957
Time: 1133
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Operator: Straits Air Freight Express
Flight #: ?
Route: Paraparaumu - Timaru
AC Type: Bristol 170 Freighter 31
Registration: ZK-AYH
cn / ln: 12828
Aboard: 4   (passengers:2  crew:2)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:2  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane lost a wing in flight and crashed into farmlands. In-flight structural fatigue failure of the starboard front lower spar boom.
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