G-APDN — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

July 3, 1970AccidentHull loss
Report No: 1/1972. Dan Air Comet 4, G-APDN. Report on the accident which occurred in the Sierra del Montseny, in the Municipal District of Arbucias (Gerona), Spain, on 3 July 1970 Download report: 1-1972 G-APDN.pdf (2,891.53 kb) Report Appendices To view appendices, click on link below 1/1972 G-APDN Appendices (1,732.60 kb)
Comet · 112 fatalities
To sum up, it can be deduced that the combination of erroneous information regarding reporting points, together with the existence of a radar echo over Sabadell NDB (coinciding with the report from the aircraft of passing that reporting point), led both the aircraft and APP to believe, erroneously, that the aircraft was already over Sabadell; this was an… Full accident record
March 9, 1964Accident
de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4