London – Brindisi – Mirabella – Alexandria

On December 31, 1935 at 07:15 PM, London – Brindisi – Mirabella – Alexandria experienced a crash involving Short S.8 Calcutta, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Alexandria Alexandria.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 92.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Alexandria, the seaplane aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea, two kilometers off shore. Only the captain survived while all twelve other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AASJ, MSN S.752, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.2162°, 29.9464°.