1957 Singapore airplane crash

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1957 Singapore airplane crash
DH.112 Venom FB.1 WK418 Fairey RWY 03.54.jpg
A similar DH.112 Venom FB as in the crash, at Manchester Ringway Airport in 1954
Accident
Date8 July 1957
SummaryCrashed into a housing block killing the pilot and 5 others. In the aftermath also a fireman died.
Site Singapore
Aircraft
Aircraft type de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.MK 1
Operator60 Squadron RAF
Registration WK471
Flight origin Tengah Air Base
Crew1
Fatalities6
Crash site: 4 (pilot + 3 on the ground)
Rescue operation: 2
InjuriesCrash site: 10
Rescue operation: 9

On 8 July 1957, a de Havilland Venom operated by the 60 Squadron Royal Air Force crashed after departure from Tengah Air Base into a building block and exploded. During the crash, four people died including the pilot. Two more people died during the rescue operation. Nineteen people were injured.

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Crash

On 8 July 1957, a de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.MK 1 operated by the 60 Squadron Royal Air Force on a training flight, [1] crashed after departure from Tengah Air Base. The airplane stalled on take-off. After hitting with a wing the ground, the jet crashed into a two-storey housing block. The jet exploded and set the housing block on fire. The pilot of the airplane died. On the ground, two women and a fifteen-year-old child who lived in the housing block died. [2] [3] [4] Ten people were injured. [5] [6]

Aftermath

A fire truck that was on its way to the crash site had a traffic accident. In this accident, a firefighter and a bystander were killed after colliding with a truck about one mile from the Air Base. [7] Due to this incident, nine people were injured including seven firefighters. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Death Toll Reaches Six In Singapore Jet Crash". Calgary Herald . 8 July 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 26 May 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Vasconcelos, Miguel (19 September 2013). "Civil Airworthiness Certification: Former Military High-Performance Aircraft".
  3. ↑ "Tengah tragedy: How it happened". Eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "5 doden in Singapore Straaljager stort op huizen neer". Algemeen Indisch Dagblad : De Preangerbode (in Dutch). Algemeen Indisch dagblad. 9 July 1957 – via Delpher.
  5. 1 2 "Straaljager stort op huizen in Singapore". Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 9 July 1957 – via Delpher.
  6. ↑ "Straaljager stort neer; zes doden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 9 July 1957 – via Delpher.
  7. ↑ "Six Are Dead Due To Crash Of Jet Plane". New Castle News . 8 July 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2024– via NewspaperArchive.com.
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