Beirut – Amman

On February 11, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Beirut – Amman experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.65 Consul, operated by Air Enterprises, with the event recorded near Haitoura South Governorate (al-Janoub).

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a flight from Beirut to Amman on behalf of the United Nations. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on the slope of Mt Roumaniye located near the village of Haitoura, in the Jezzine district. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended a week later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Walkers found the wreckage of the aircraft in a snow covered area six weeks later, on March 29. Both crew members, British citizens, were killed. Crew: G. E. Whitehead, pilot, E. C. S. Burden, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGVY, MSN 3204, year of manufacture 1946.