Luqa - Luqa

On February 12, 1954 at 12:00 AM, Luqa - Luqa experienced a crash involving Avro 696 Shackleton, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Gozo Island All Malta.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Luqa Airfield for a training mission consisting of an aerial attack against the submarine HMS Tudor. While completing a turn at low height, the pilot-in-command lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea about seven km southwest of Gozo Island, Malta. All ten crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration WL794, year of manufacture 1953.