DV976

On October 21, 1947 at 12:00 AM, DV976 experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Southend Essex.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During a training sortie, the engine number three failed. The captain decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to ditch the aircraft when the same engine caught fire. Shortly later, the engine detached and the seaplane hit the water surface at high speed, overturned and came to rest off Southend. Six crew members were injured while the captain and all three passengers were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration DV976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.5388°, 0.7128°.