- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 22, 1955 |
Time: | 0023 |
Location: | Idris, Libya |
Operator: | British Overseas Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Rome - Tripoli |
AC Type: | Canadair C-4 Argonaut |
Registration: | G-ALHL |
cn / ln: | 158 |
Aboard: | 47 (passengers:40 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 15 (passengers:13 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crash landed in a sandstorm on the fourth landing attempt. The plane came in too low, struck a line of trees and crashed 1,200 yards short of the runway. Pilot error. In an error in judgement, the captain who allowed his desire to keep the runway lights in view failed to make adequate reference to his flight instruments. |
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