List of Qantas fatal accidents
Short S.23 Empire flying boat VH-ABB, which crashed in 1944.
While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australian national airline suffered several losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of the jet engine in civilian aviation.[1] These were mainly biplanes or flying boats servicing routes in Queensland and New Guinea.[2] The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military.[3] While strictly speaking not accidents, the shooting down of G-AETZ and G-AEUH is included for completeness. In 2014, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings.[4]
| Date | Location | Aircraft type | Registration | Description | Aboard | Fatalities | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 1927 | Tambo, Australia | Airco (later de Havilland) DH.9C | G-AUED | Stalled at low altitude on approach to land. Pilot Alan Douglas Davidson | 3 | 3 | [5][6] |
| 4 September 1928 | Adelaide Hills, Australia | de Havilland DH.50J | G-AUHI | Following a tour carrying Sir John Salmond, aircraft departed Adelaide piloted by C. W. A. Scott with engineer as passenger; lost control in cloud during attempt to cross the Adelaide Hills and aircraft crashed and caught fire killing the engineer. See C. W. A. Scott's DH.50J Hermes, fatal crash. | 2 | 1 | [7] |
| 3 October 1934 | Near Winton, Australia | de Havilland DH.50A | VH-UHE | Crashed after in-flight loss of control, possibly stalled at low altitude in dusty low-visibility conditions. | 3 | 3 | [8] |
| 15 November 1934 | Near Longreach, Australia | de Havilland DH.86 | VH-USG | Crashed on its delivery flight from England to Brisbane after in-flight loss of control, probably due to the type's design deficiencies. | 4 | 4 | [9][10][11][12][13] |
| 30 January 1942 | Timor Sea off Koepang | Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat | G-AEUH | Shot down by Japanese aircraft; ex-Qantas VH-ABD, owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. | 18 | 13 | [3][14][15] |
| 20 February 1942 | Brisbane, Australia | de Havilland DH.86 | VH-USE | Lost control after take-off in stormy weather, possibly broke up in flight (tail fin found a mile from the crash site). | 9 | 9 | [16][17][18][19] |
| 28 February 1942 | Between Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies and Broome, Australia | Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat | G-AETZ | Nicknamed "Circe" Shot down by Japanese aircraft; owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. |
20 | 20 | [20] |
| 22 April 1943 | Gulf of Papua off Port Moresby, Papua | Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat | VH-ADU | Stalled in flare and broke up during emergency landing in open water in poor weather. | 31 | 13 | [15][21] |
| 26 November 1943 | Port Moresby, Papua | Lockheed C-56B Lodestar | 42-68348 | Struck hill after take-off; USAAF aircraft operated by Qantas for Allied Directorate of Air Transport. | 15 | 15 | [22][23] |
| 11 October 1944 | Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia | Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat | VH-ABB | On final approach with one engine shut-down, stalled 3 metres (10 ft) above the water and hull ruptured on impact. | 30 | 2 | [15][24][25] |
| 23 March 1946 | Indian Ocean | Avro Lancastrian | G-AGLX | Aircraft disappeared between Colombo and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, cause unknown; aircraft owned by BOAC and operated by both airlines on Sydney-London services (BOAC crews operated London-Karachi and Qantas crews Karachi-Sydney). | 10 | 10 | [26][27] |
| 16 July 1951 | Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea | de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover | VH-EBQ | Crashed in sea after centre propeller failure. | 7 | 7 | [28] |
Notes
- ↑ Creedy, Steve (2008-02-12). "Qantas safety record under threat". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ "History: Venturing Overseas". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- 1 2 "History: The World at War". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ Geoffrey, Thomas. "AirlineRatings.com names the top ten safest airlines". http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline. Airline Ratings. Retrieved 6 August 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "G-AUED Airco aeroplane". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "24 Mar 1927". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1965). pp. 196--197, p. 285.
- ↑ "Atalanta, a De Havilland DH50 biplane VH-UHE, ca. 1930". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "QANTAS DH 86 VH - USG at Darwin airport with crew". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Airmen". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "15 Nov 1934". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Papers of Ray Shepherd, File A20, ACC G-AEUH". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- 1 2 3 Graham, Wynnum B. (2001). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "De Havilland 86A owned by Qantas Empire Airways, ca. 1940". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "20 Feb 1942". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Pacific Wreck website
- ↑ "AWM Collection Record: P02557.009". Australian War Memorial Collection. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Cuskelly, Ron (1997–2000). "Lodestar". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Francillon, Rene J. (1987).
- ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Qantas Short C Class Empire flying boat VH-ABB 'Coolangatta', ca. 1940". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Livingstone, Bob (1998). p. 122.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro; Lujan, Fabian I. (2003). "Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 G-AGLX Indian Ocean". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "16 Jul 1951". Retrieved 2010-06-30.
References
- Allen, Eric (1995). Airliners in Australian Service. 1. Weston Creek, ACT: Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-14-5. OCLC 38384708.
- Cuskelly, Ron (1997–2000). "The Lockheed File: Lockheed Aircraft in Australia".
- Francillon, Rene J. (1987). Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-897-2. OCLC 17156375.
- Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1965). Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Sydney, NSW: Angus and Robertson. OCLC 2223794. LoC Cat. No. 65-25523.
- Graham, Wynnum B. (2001). "Empire C Class Flying Boats" (PDF). Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History.
- Job, Macarthur (1991). Air Crash. 1. Weston Creek, ACT: Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 0-9587978-9-7. OCLC 28964777.
- Job, Macarthur (1992). Air Crash. 2. Weston Creek, ACT: Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-01-3. OCLC 221135405.
- Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "PlaneCrashInfo.com".
- Livingstone, Bob (1998). Under the Southern Cross: The B-24 Liberator in the South Pacific. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. ISBN 1-56311-432-1. OCLC 44838653.
- Ranter, Harro; Lujan, Fabian I. (1996–2008). "Aviation Safety Network". Flight Safety Foundation.
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