Date: 1 March 1940
Flight: Flight 197 Hannibal
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Gulf of Oman
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
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We track reported incidents for Imperial Airways. This page lists 25 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 1 March 1940
Date: 1 May 1939
Flight: G-ADVD Challenger
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Lumbo lagoon, Ilha de Mocambique
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 21 January 1939
Flight: G-ADUU Cavalier
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Icing, loss of engine power
Date: 27 November 1938
Flight: G-AETW Calpurnia
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Lake Habbaniyah, Iran
Summary: Spatial disorientation, CFIT
Date: 27 July 1938
Flight: G-ABTG Amalthea
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 December 1937
Flight: G-ADUZ Cygnus
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Brindisi Harbor
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control, crash on takeoff
Date: 1 October 1937
Flight: G-ADVC Courtier
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Phaleron Bay
Summary: Poor visibility, hard landing
Date: 31 May 1937
Flight: G-AXXE Hengist
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Karachi
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Date: 24 March 1937
Flight: G-ADVA Capricornus
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: near Ouroux
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 15 March 1937
Flight: G-ACVZ
Aircraft: de Havilland Express
Location: Elsdorf, Germany
Summary: Unknown
Date: 25 September 1936
Flight: G-ACOX Boadicea
Aircraft: Boulton & Paul P.71A
Location: English Channel
Summary: Unknown
Date: 22 August 1936
Flight: G-ABFA Scipio
Aircraft: Short Kent
Location: Mirabella, Crete
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 10 August 1936
Flight: G-ABKY
Aircraft: Vickers Vellox
Location: Croydon
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 31 December 1935
Flight: G-AASJ City of Khartoum
Aircraft: Short Calcutta
Location: off Alexandria
Summary: Fuel exhaustion
Date: 5 November 1935
Flight: G-ABFB Sylvanus
Aircraft: Short Kent
Location: Brindisi Harbor
Summary: Caught fire during refueling, burned out
Date: 30 December 1933
Flight: G-ABLU Apollo
Aircraft: Avro 618 Ten
Location: Ruysselede , Belgium
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 28 March 1933
Flight: G-AACI City of Liverpool
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II
Location: Near Diksmuide , Belgium
Summary: In-flight fire, possible sabotage
Date: 8 August 1931
Flight: G-AAGX Hannibal
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Five Oak Green , Kent
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 30 October 1930
Flight: G-EBIX City of Washington
Aircraft: Handley Page W.8g
Location: Bologne
Summary: Stall, loss of control, CFIT
Date: 26 October 1929
Flight: G-AADN City of Rome
Aircraft: Short Calcutta
Location: La Spazia
Summary: Unexplained mechanical failure, crashed at sea
Date: 6 September 1929
Flight: G-EBMZ City of Jerusalem
Aircraft: de Havilland Hercules
Location: Jask Airport, Iran
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 17 June 1929
Flight: G-EBMT City of Ottawa
Aircraft: Handley Page W.10
Location: English Channel off Dungeness
Summary: Engine failure, water ditching
Date: 13 July 1928
Flight: G-EBLB
Aircraft: Vickers Vulcan
Location: Purley, Surrey
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 21 October 1926
Flight: G-EMBS Prince Henry
Aircraft: Handley Page W.10
Location: English Channel
Summary: Engine failure, water ditching
Date: 24 December 1924
Flight: G-EBBX
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.34
Location: Purley
Summary: Undetermined