8 Apr 1951, DC-3 crashes east of Cape D'Aguilar

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 12:13

IDJ adds this one, noted in the Civil Aviation Department Annual Report:

The Civil aircraft concerned was a DC-3 of Siamese Airways which on the 9th April, 1951 crashed into the sea, a mile or so east of Cape D'Aguilar. Sixteen persons were killed ...

IDJ found a later reference to it in Peter Moss's book "No Babylon". Moss describes an outing on a trawler from Aberdeen, that pulls up what he believes to be a DC3's landing gear in its nets.

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