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1957 Singapore de Havilland Venom crash
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Airplane crash
June 2023
1957 Singapore airplane crash Accident DH.112 Venom FB.1 WK418 Fairey RWY 03.54.jpg 300px A similar DH.112 Venom FB as in the crash, at Manchester Ringway Airport in 1954 8 July 1957 Crashed into a housing block killing the pilot and 5 others. In the aftermath also a fireman died. Singapore de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.MK 1 60 Squadron RAF WK471 Tengah Air Base 1 Crash site: 10Rescue operation: 9 6Crash site: 4 (pilot + 3 on the ground)Rescue operation: 2
On 8 July 1957, a de Havilland Venom operated by the 60 Squadron Royal Air Force crashed after departure from Tengah Air Base into a building block and exploded. During the crash, four people died including the pilot. Two more people died during the rescue operation. Nineteen people were injured.
Crash
On 8 July 1957, a de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.MK 1 operated by the 60 Squadron Royal Air Force on a training flight,8 July 1957 Death Toll Reaches Six In Singapore Jet Crash https://www.newspapers.com/image/481263386/?match=1&terms=Singapore%20jet%20crash 26 May 2024 Calgary Herald 11 Newspapers.com crashed after departure from Tengah Air Base. The airplane stalled on take-off. After hitting with a wing the ground, the jet crashed into a two-storey housing block. The jet exploded and set the housing block on fire. The pilot of the airplane died. On the ground, two women and a fifteen-year-old child who lived in the housing block died.https://books.google.com/books?id=LyBQBwAAQBAJ&q=venom+crashed+into+married+quarters+tengah+airfield+1957&pg=PA260 Civil Airworthiness Certification: Former Military High-Performance Aircraft Vasconcelos Miguel 19 September 2013http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19570710-1.2.111 Tengah tragedy: How it happened Eresources.nlb.gov.sg 2022-05-045 doden in Singapore Straaljager stort op huizen neer Algemeen Indisch Dagblad : De Preangerbode https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010895814:mpeg21:a0011 9 July 1957 Delpher Algemeen Indisch dagblad nl Ten people were injured.Straaljager stort op huizen in Singapore https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017796008:mpeg21:a00091 9 July 1957 Delpher Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad nlStraaljager stort neer; zes doden https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000348008:mpeg21:a00054 9 July 1957 Delpher Algemeen Dagblad nl
Aftermath
A fire truck that was on its way to the crash site had a traffic accident. In this accident, a firefighter and a bystander were killed after colliding with a truck about one mile from the Air Base.8 July 1957 Six Are Dead Due To Crash Of Jet Plane https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/pennsylvania/new-castle/new-castle-news/1957/07-08/page-1 26 May 2024 New Castle News 1 NewspaperArchive.com Due to this incident, nine people were injured including seven firefighters.
References
External links
Crash at aviation-safety.net
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Singapore
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1957
Category:1957 in Singapore
Category:November 1957 in Asia
Category:Accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft
Category:Residential building disasters
Category:Disasters in buildings and structures in Asia