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1930-1939




DATE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR REG. NOTES
16.02.32 Dornier Do J Wal Jupiter VIII R   I-AZEA Forced landing in the sea, later towed to Malta.
28.04.32 Piaggio Dornier Wal SA Navigatione Aerea I-AZDI Ditched 25 miles off Tripoli on a flight from Malta.
22.09.34 HP W.10 National Air Displays G-EBMR Written off at Hal-Far.
22.06.35 Savoia Marchetti S-66 Ala Lottoria I-NAVE Damaged beyond repair in a night landing at Malta. Date corrected, previously listed as 08.37. According to the Times of Malta report, no registration or operator name was given, but the date of entering service was listed as the 15th of the same month. Cause of incident given was "when the plane flattened for a good landing and was caught in an air pocket when only 50 feet from the sea". It also stated that air pockets at that altitude were rare, if possible at all. One of the passengers was given as a General Varzi.
21.12.39 Lockheed 14 Imperial Airways G-AFYU Aircraft was on a Malta – London Croydon flight, when it was forced to ditch in the sea between Malta and Sicily. 11 Occupants, 5 fatalities.
        
 
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