Gerdes El Abid – Benghazi

On July 22, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Gerdes El Abid – Benghazi experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Oilfields Supply %26 Trading Company, with the event recorded near Gerdes El Abid Marj (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0645><U+0631><U+062C>).

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

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Went out of control and crashed while taking off from Gerdes El Abid. The aircraft was written off while all seven occupants were rescued and evacuated. It is believed that the airplane hit soft sand while departing.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AESR, MSN 6363, year of manufacture 1937.