Crash of a Fairey IIIF in Atbara: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 27, 1936
Operator:
Registration:
K1776
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Port Sudan – Khartoum
MSN:
F.1475
YOM:
1931
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Port Sudan to Khartoum, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions with several cloud layers. In flight, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near Atbara, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sylvanus George Connolly,
Philip Vaughan Edwards,
Frank Campling.
Crew:
Sylvanus George Connolly,
Philip Vaughan Edwards,
Frank Campling.
