1957 Singapore de Havilland Venom crash
Airplane crash
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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.
A similar DH.112 Venom FB as in the crash, at Manchester Ringway Airport in 1954 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 July 1957 |
| Summary | Crashed into a housing block killing the pilot and 5 others. In the aftermath also a fireman died. |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.MK 1 |
| Operator | 60 Squadron RAF |
| Registration | WK471 |
| Flight origin | Tengah Air Base |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 6 Crash site: 4 (pilot + 3 on the ground) Rescue operation: 2 |
| Injuries | Crash site: 10 Rescue operation: 9 |
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,[1] 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.[2][3][4] Ten people were injured.[5][6]