board Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 were killed. The aircraft was TAA's first Fokker Friendship F-27 aircraft; TAA was the first airline outside...
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Trans Australia Airlines (TAA), renamed Australian Airlines in 1986, was one of the two major Australian domestic airlines between its inception in 1946...
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Flight 538 may refer to: Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, crashed on 10 June 1960 Lion Air Flight 538, crashed on 30 November 2004 This disambiguation...
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of the 1960 crash of Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 at Mackay, Queensland, the inquiry judge strongly recommended that flight recorders be installed...
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List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft (redirect from List of airline accidents)
on board. June 10 – Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, a Fokker F-27, crashed into the ocean near Mackay, Queensland, Australia for reasons unknown...
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United States On 10 June 1960, Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed in the sea near Mackay, Queensland, Australia, with 29 fatalities, in what is...
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remains tied with the 1960 crash of Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 as the worst aviation accident in Australia's peacetime history, at 29 fatalities...
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vessel Abel Tasman, a passenger aircraft that crashed as flight Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 in 1960 This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Fokker Friendship Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 he recommended flight data recorders should be installed in all turbine-powered airline aircraft registered...
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HMAS Kimbla (category Boom defence vessels of the Royal Australian Navy)
was involved in the recovery of a Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 followed in November 1961 by Ansett-ANA Flight 325. In October 1962 it was involved...
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Bakers Creek air crash (category 1943 in Australia)
crash remains a mystery. Australia's equal second deadliest aviation disaster, the 1960 crash of Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, also occurred at Mackay...
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Sale, VIC, Australia". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. "Aviation Safety Investigation Report 199201221" (PDF). Australian Transport...
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Liberal Party government. 1960 – Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29. 1963 – The Equal...
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Pakistan International Airlines (Urdu: پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز; abbreviated PIA, Urdu: پیآئیاے) is an international airline which is the government-owned...
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worst civil aviation accident in Queensland until 1960 when Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, a Fokker F27 Friendship, crashed into the sea at night while...
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short flight to Kutaisi (in Georgia), and impacted at Mount Rech in the Caucasus Mountains. Later in the day, Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed...
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fatalities each – the 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash and the 1960 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538. Ansett-ANA Flight 149 – Viscount accident...
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hospital six days later. Australia's most deadly civil aviation accidents were the Amana in 1950 and Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 in 1960. Both caused...
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List of aircraft by tail number (section Australia)
Friendship Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 VH-TFU Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner Lockhart River air disaster VH-TLB Lockheed Electra Trans Australia Airlines...
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Spicer presided over inquiries into aviation accidents: Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, a Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft that crashed into the sea...
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November 2024[update], Singapore Airlines is the largest operator with 65 aircraft in its fleet, while Turkish Airlines is the largest customer with 110...
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January 19, 1988, a Fairchild Metro III, operated by Trans-Colorado Airlines as Continental Express Flight 2286, crashed near Bayfield, Colorado. Both crew...
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1960 in aviation (section First flights)
December 16 – The United Airlines Douglas DC-8 Mainliner Will Rogers, operating as Flight 826, and the Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Constellation...
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Argentina (FAMA) - three C.4 incorporated in 1947 Australia Qantas Canada Trans Canada Airlines Italy Alitalia – five Lancastrians operated from 1947...
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for airlines in western China, including China Express Airlines, China Southern Airlines (Chongqing Airlines), Sichuan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, XiamenAir...
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Pacific Western Airlines Spartan Air Services Transair (Canada) Iran Persian Air Services Lebanon Air Liban Middle East Airlines Trans Mediterranean Airways...
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continued to fly for AEA, now renamed American Overseas Airlines (AOA) and operated by American Airlines. In 1946, Exeter was sold to TACI of Montevideo, Uruguay...
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widely to airlines and governments across the globe, powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart engines. The RAF bought 6 for use by the Queen's Flight and a variant...
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Avro Lancaster (section Flight testing)
designated the XPP for Mark 10 Passenger Plane. Six were built for Trans Canada Airlines. Postwar the RCAF modified the B X (as the Lancaster Mk 10) to fill...
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On the last day of the year, MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 crashed in Western Australia, killing all 26 people on board. The Vickers Viscount...
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