1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash (original) (raw)

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The 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash occurred on 19 June 1954 when a Swissair Convair CV-240 ditched in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, having run out of fuel. Although all on board survived the ditching of the aircraft, three people drowned, as they could not swim and there were no lifejackets carried on board the aircraft. At the time of the accident, these were not required to be carried on flights where the time over water was less than 30 minutes flying time. (en)
Der Flugunfall der Swissair im Ärmelkanal ereignete sich auf einem internationalen Linienflug der Swissair von Genf nach London-Heathrow am 19. Juni 1954. An diesem Tag kam es über dem Ärmelkanal zu Treibstoffmangel an Bord einer Convair CV-240-4 (HB-IRW), die daraufhin bei Folkestone notgewassert werden musste. Bei der Evakuierung ertranken drei britische Passagiere. (de)

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Ticino (en)

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Swissair Convair CV-240 (en)

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1954-06-19 (xsd:date)

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Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom. (en)

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Cointrin Airport, Geneva, Switzerland. (en)

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English Channel, off Folkestone, Kent (en)

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HB-IRW (en)

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Ditching due to fuel exhaustion (en)

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The 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash occurred on 19 June 1954 when a Swissair Convair CV-240 ditched in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, having run out of fuel. Although all on board survived the ditching of the aircraft, three people drowned, as they could not swim and there were no lifejackets carried on board the aircraft. At the time of the accident, these were not required to be carried on flights where the time over water was less than 30 minutes flying time. (en)
Der Flugunfall der Swissair im Ärmelkanal ereignete sich auf einem internationalen Linienflug der Swissair von Genf nach London-Heathrow am 19. Juni 1954. An diesem Tag kam es über dem Ärmelkanal zu Treibstoffmangel an Bord einer Convair CV-240-4 (HB-IRW), die daraufhin bei Folkestone notgewassert werden musste. Bei der Evakuierung ertranken drei britische Passagiere. (de)

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