Aden - Aden

On October 11, 1960 at 12:00 AM, Aden - Aden experienced a crash involving Blackburn B-101 Beverley, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Aden 'Adan (<U+0639><U+062F><U+0646>).

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While returning to Aden-Khormaksar Airport following a local training mission, the crew was instructed by ATC to modify his route to take part to a SAR operation following the disappearance of a Somali Air Force Beechcraft C-45 that was supposed to land at Aden Airport. The crew was instructed to follow the minimum altitude of 300 feet then 500 feet. Shortly later, while at an altitude of 570 feet by night, the airplane struck a sand dune and crashed 24 km northeast of Aden. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was limited due to the night and the crew failed to recognize the sand dune.

Aircraft reference details include registration XL151, MSN 1037, year of manufacture 1957.