FH280

On April 9, 1946 at 12:00 AM, FH280 experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Gibraltar All United Kingdom.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 14.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Gibraltar Airport, while climbing, the aircraft suffered a double engine failure. The captain was able to ditch the aircraft and six occupants were rescued while a passenger died. The aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration FH280.