G-ALDN — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

May 26, 1952Accident
The aircraft took off on a scheduled service from Tripoli to Kano with a crew of eight and ten passengers. The weather forecast indicated fine weather en route and thunderstorms in the Kano area.
Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes · 1 fatalities
Causes of the accident, in chronological order, are set out by the report as follows: - Faulty use by the navigator of the variation setting control on the CL2 Gyrosyn compass, - Faulty checking of compasses by incorrect astral bearing and without the aid of radio bearings, - Incorrect inference drawn by the captain in pronouncing the CL2 Gyrosyn compass… Full accident record