- | 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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