| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 22, 1943 |
| Time: | 2000 |
| Location: | Off Port Moresby, New Guinea |
| Operator: | Qantas |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Townsville - Port Moresby |
| AC Type: | Short S-23 |
| Registration: | VH-ADU |
| cn / ln: | S-844 |
| Aboard: | 31 (passengers:27 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:11 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Stalled and crashed in poor weather into the water during an emergency landing on the open sea. Broke up in heavy seas. |
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