Asiatic International Airways

Convair CV-240

The crew departed Singapore-Seletar on a local test flight. En route, the left engine failed and its propeller was feathered. The crew was cleared to return to Seletar Airport when the right engine suffered power loss and dysfunctioned intermittently. The captain decided to ditch the aircraft into the Strait of Johore, about 400 meters short of runway 20. Both pilots were rescued and the aircraft sank by 8 meters of water.