VR-HFX — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

November 5, 1967Accident
Flight CX033 was a scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok with an additional en-route stop at Saigon to transport a backlog of passengers. A Check captain joined the flight. The co-pilot was flying the aircraft from the left-hand seat whilst the pilot-in-command occupied the right-hand seat to assess his performance.
Convair 880 · 1 fatalities
The probable cause of the accident was: - Loss of directional control developing from separation of the right nose-wheel tread, - Inability to stop within the normally adequate runway distance available due to use of differential braking, impaired performance and an increase in tailwind component and aircraft weight over those used in calculating the… Full accident record