London – Rome – Beirut – Karachi – Yangon – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney

On March 3, 1953 at 03:35 AM, London – Rome – Beirut – Karachi – Yangon – Jakarta – Darwin – Sydney experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.106 Comet, operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines - CP Air, with the event recorded near Mauripur AFB (Karachi) Sindh (<U+0633><U+0646><U+068C> <U+0633><U+0646><U+062F><U+06BE>).

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew (five flying crew and six De Havilland engineers) were conducting a demo flight from London to Sydney to show this new jetliner to potential clients in Southeast Asia and Oceania. While taking off from runway 25 (2,500 meters long) at Mauripur Airbase, the airplane failed to get airborne, overran, hit several obstacles, went through a perimeter fence and eventually crashed in flames in a small river. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-CUN, MSN 6014, year of manufacture 1952.