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Crash of a Fairey IIIF in Atbara: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Fairey III
Operator:
Registration:
K1776
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Port Sudan – Khartoum
MSN:
F.1475
YOM:
1931
Location:
Atbara
River Nile (ولاية نهر النيل)
Country:
Sudan
Region:
Africa
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.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.12 near Abu Hamad: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.12
Operator:
Registration:
F302
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Desert
Schedule:
Khartoum - Cairo
Location:
Abu Hamad
River Nile (ولاية نهر النيل)
Country:
Sudan
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft departed Khartoum on a flight to Cairo. En route, the airplane suffered a structural failure and crashed near Abu Hamad, about 450 km north of Khartoum, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Barclay Jaques,
F/O Desmond Wilkie Sibley,
Sgt Edmund West Wadey,
AC2 Reginald Colin Meldrum.
Probable cause:
In-flight structural failure.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.12 near Shereik

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.12
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAMC
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Desert
Schedule:
Aswan - Khartoum
MSN:
HP.27
YOM:
1919
Location:
Shereik
River Nile (ولاية نهر النيل)
Country:
Sudan
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing one of the first trans-Africa flight from UK to South Africa. En route from Aswan to Khartoum, while cruising at an altitude of 7,800 feet, the airplane suffered oscillations and vibrations. The crew shut down both engines and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a desert area located 10 km north of Shereik. All four crew evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Control problems following technical issues with the rudder.
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