Tengah – Colombo

On August 27, 1948 at 08:30 AM, Tengah – Colombo experienced a crash involving Avro 691 Lancastrian, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Tengah All Singapore.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 18 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. One hour after his departure from Tengah, bound for Colombo, the captain informed ATC that the oil pressure dropped on one engine and received the permission to return to Tengah Airport. After touchdown, the four engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining runway, overran, went down an embankment and came to rest. There were no injuries among the 18 occupants but the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGMB, MSN 1182, year of manufacture 1944.