Aircraft Photo of XS794 | Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Andover CC.2 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #432802
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XS794
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 748
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley HS-748 (Andover)
Aircraft Version:Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Andover CC.2
C/n (msn):1566
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:32 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta InternationalMap
Country:Malta
Airport Codes:ICAO: LMML   IATA: MLA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:30 September 1978
Photo by:John Visanich
Photo ID: 432802
Photo Comment

After RAF service went to D2-MAF then 9L-LBG. Written off on 14 February 1999 at Foxtrot Airstrip, South Sudan, when it landed downwind, failed to stop and overran through tree stumps. Was on a flight from Lokichoggio, Kenya, carrying freight for SPLA troops in the Nuba Mountains. Two crew, no fatalities. Foxtrot Airstrip is located roughly 100nm NNW of Malakal. At the time the aircraft was registered to 748 Air Services.

This photo is copyright © John Visanich, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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