Surabaya – London

On September 5, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Surabaya – London experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Surabaya West Java.

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

25 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 25 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Just after takeoff from the Surabaya Bay, while in initial climb, the seaplane lost a float, lost height and crashed into the sea. All 25 occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGEW, MSN JM665, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.9130°, 107.6466°.