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Crash of a Junkers JU.86 in Fanling

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1940 at 1547 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.86
Operator:
Registration:
M-213
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Taipei - Guangzhou
Location:
Fenling
Hong Kong
Country:
China
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Tahoku (Taipei) to Canton (Guangzhou), while cruising in poor weather conditions, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft collided with trees and crashed on the Kwanti racecourse located in Fanling, north of Hon Kong. All three occupants were injured, one seriously.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Sikorsky S-38B in the Hangzhou Bay: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Sikorsky S-38
Operator:
Registration:
NC17V
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Shanghai - Guangzhou
MSN:
414-08
YOM:
1929
Location:
Hangzhou
Zhejiang
Country:
China
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
One hour after his departure from Shanghai, while overflying the Bay of Hangzhou, the crew encountered foggy conditions and informed his base he was returning to Shanghai. A brief message was transmitted with two audible words 'turning back'. Shortly later, the seaplane crashed in the Bay of Hangzhou, south of Shanghai. Some debris were found 10 days later and the dead body of the captain was found four months later. The passenger was a Japanese citizen.
Crew:
Robert H. Gast, pilot,
James Frink, pilot,
Ivan Carlson, radio operator.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined.
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