Auckland – Singapore – Calcutta – London

On June 12, 1939 at 12:00 AM, Auckland – Singapore – Calcutta – London experienced a crash involving Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Calcutta West Bengal.

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.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The seaplane was approaching Hoogly River in Calcutta in strong winds. Upon landing, it went out of control and sunk. While all eight occupants were rescued, the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ADVE, MSN S.822, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.5753°, 88.3600°.