Abadan – Kuwait City

On September 14, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Abadan – Kuwait City experienced a crash involving Avro 685 York, operated by Persian Air Services, with the event recorded near Al Seeba Al-Basrah (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0628><U+0635><U+0631><U+0629>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. About eight minutes after takeoff from Abadan Airport, while on a short flight to Kuwait City, the crew was flying at an altitude of 500 feet when power was lost on engine number three and four. The propeller on engine four was feathered and the crew contacted ATC for to return to Abadan for a safe landing. As the airplane lost height, the captain eventually decided to attempt an emergency landing in a desert area located in Al Seeba, at the border between Iraq and Iran. The aircraft belly landed and was damaged beyond repair. All 13 occupants were evacuated safely.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-ADA, MSN MW231, year of manufacture 1945.