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1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash
The 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash happened on 17 June 1929 when Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT suffered an engine failure and subsequently ditched in the English Channel off Dungeness with the loss of seven lives. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon to Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France.
Aircraft.
The accident aircraft was Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT "City of Ottawa", c/n W10-4. It had been delivered to Imperial
1920s 1928.
- July 13 – An Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crashes on a test flight from Croydon Airport, England, with a pilot and five passengers near Purley, Surrey, from the airport, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so-called joy rides) on test flights.
1910s and 1920s 1929.
- June 17 – An Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 ditches in the English Channel due to engine failure, killing seven of 13 on