Date: 05 NOV 1967
Time: 10.35
Type: Convair CV-880-22M-3
Operator: Cathay Pacific Airways
Registration: VR-HFX
C/n: 22-00-37
Year built: 1963
Total airframe hrs: 11369 hours
Crew: 0 fatalities / 11 on board
Passengers: 1 fatalities / 116 on board
Total: 1 fatalities / 127 on board
Location: Hon Kong-Kai Tak APT (Hong Kong)
Phase: Take-off
Nature: Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG)
Destination airport: Saigon
Flightnumber: 033
Remarks:
Shortly before V1, the nosegear thread separated, causing severe vibration. The crew aborted the take-off, but the CV-880 overran the runway and ended up in the sea and broke in three pieces.
The only fatality in this accident was a female pax who suffered a heart attack. The all Asian cabin crew did a sterling job, as did the four cockpit crew, to save and rescue the passengers. Flowers please note.
The wreckage was salvaged from the sea and the Section 41 rebuilt as our first flight simulator.
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