QANTAS VH-EAC L-1049 accident at Mauritius

[megan]

treaders, both ECE and CAO were put out to pasture following removal from service and became derelict. History of the three here.

Australian Hawker Siddeley HS-125 Register

[Fris B. Fairing]

Other Australian HS.125s of this period were:
VH-BBJ
HS.125-3B/RA (msn 25169) delivered to Bell Brothers Air Charter Pty. Ltd., Guildford, WA in January 1970 and sold overseas in June 1972.
VH-TOM
HS.125-400B (msn 25242) delivered to Tom the Cheap (WA) Pty. Ltd., Perth, WA in January 1971 and sold overseas in December 1973.
The Australian Register also included several later versions of the HS.125 under various designations.
Source:
ADASTRON

[Safety Trev]

More information on Mauritius Qantas crash

I was listening to Melbourne ABC Radio this morning around 10 am (7/1/24) and they were discussing the Japan incident and the successful evacuation. A woman phoned in that was on the 1960 Qantas Super constellation Mauritius plane when it crashed. She said the news did not get to Australia, it was kept quiet. She said that pilot made a PA announcement that he was going to abandon the take off due to a technical fault. They over shot the end of the runway and hit a ditch. The wings got caught and broke off and a fire occurred. The pilot led them through the cockpit and told them to jump from his door. she said i will not jump, it is too high. he pushed her out. then her husband jumped out. they landed on soft ground and were not injured.
Cheers

Trevor

Originally Posted by Stubenfliege 2

Dear all,

Iīm looking for some kind of accident report about the take off crash of the QANTAS L-1049 at Mauritius on the 24.08.1960. I would assume that there was some sort of investigation, but I havenīt found any "official" documentation..

I have found some information on Australian websites, for example some articles from Mr. Job on the CAA Website. I have also asked the ATSB, unfortunaly with kind, but negative result. So any help is appreciated.

Best regards,
Stubenfliege