G-AGRG

On January 27, 1959 at 06:09 AM, G-AGRG experienced a crash involving Avro 689 Tudor, operated by Air Charter Ltd London, with the event recorded near Brindisi Apulia.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a cargo flight from England to Australia and made an intermediate stop at Brindisi Airport. The aircraft started the takeoff from runway 32 and swerved left off the runway after a 550 m ground run. Rough terrain caused the left landing gear leg to be torn off. The plane came to rest at 820 m past the runway threshold and burst into flames. Two crew members were killed while four others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGRG, MSN 1255, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6359°, 17.6885°.