Airplane Crash - Christchurch, New Zealand 11/21/1957
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Christchurch, New Zealand
Date | 11/21/1957 |
Time | 11:33 |
Location | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Operator | Straits Air Freight Express |
Route | Paraparaumu - Timaru |
Type | Bristol 170 Freighter 31 |
Registration | ZK-AYH |
Cn/In | 12828 |
Aboard | 4 |
Fatalities | 4 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The cargo plane lost a wing in flight and crashed into farmlands. In-flight structural fatigue failure of the starboard front lower spar boom. |
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