Crash of a Handley Page O/7 in Beijing: 14 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1922 at 1000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page O/7
Operator:
Chinese Government
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Nanyuan AFB
Beijing
Country:
China
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The aircraft took off on March 29 for a three-day-trial tour within China, carrying 14 people. On approach to Beijing-Nanyuan Airport, the aircraft's tail impacted trees. The airplane lost height and crashed, bursting into flames. All 14 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.33/450 in Bratislava: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 1919 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caproni Ca.33
Operator:
Registration:
11495
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Udine - Bratislava
Location:
Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bratislava Region
Country:
Slovakia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Campoformido Airport, Udine, for an official but secret flight to Bratislava, Slovakia. On approach to Ivanka Airport, while flying at an altitude between 50 and 80 metres, the aircraft banked left, nosed down and crashed in an open field located in Vajnory, some 4 km north of the airfield, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Giotto Mancinelli-Scotti, pilot,
Sgt Umberto Merlini, pilot,
Gabriele Aggiusti, radionavigator.
Passenger:
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
The international airport of Bratislava will be later renamed Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
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