ME937

On March 18, 1946 at 12:00 AM, ME937 experienced a crash involving Vickers 466 Wellington XIII, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Abu Musa Island Hormozgan.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Wellington flew over the ship christened 'SS Afghanistan' anchored off the island of Abu Musa to drop a message on board. Unfortunately in doing so, the pilot misjudged his height and struck the top of one of the ship's masts, carrying it away, and damaging the tail and rudder of his aircraft. After jettisoning its petrol, the plane made a belly landing on the island. The crew were uninjured and were taken to Sharjah the same days by launch. The airplane was later declared as written off. Source: http://www.adias-uae.com/publications/hellyergarey04.pdf

Aircraft reference details include registration ME937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.8778°, 55.0306°.