Biology:List of Qantas fatal accidents

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Short S.23 Empire flying boat VH-ABB, which crashed in 1944.

While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australia national airline suffered losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of jets in civilian aviation.[1] These were mainly biplanes or flying boats servicing routes in Queensland and New Guinea.[2] The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military.[3] While strictly speaking not accidents, the shootdowns of G-AETZ and G-AEUH are included for completeness. In 2014 and 2023, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings.[4]

Date Location Aircraft type Registration Description Total occupants Fatalities References
24 March 1927 Tambo, Australia Airco (later de Havilland) DH.9C G-AUED Stalled at low altitude on approach to land. Pilot Alan Douglas Davidson 3 3 [5][6]
4 September 1928 Adelaide Hills, Australia de Havilland DH.50J G-AUHI Following a tour carrying Sir John Salmond, aircraft departed Adelaide piloted by C. W. A. Scott with engineer as passenger; lost control in cloud during attempt to cross the Adelaide Hills and aircraft crashed and caught fire killing the engineer. See C. W. A. Scott's DH.50J Hermes, fatal crash. 2 1 [7]
3 October 1934 Near Winton, Australia de Havilland DH.50A VH-UHE Crashed after in-flight loss of control, possibly stalled at low altitude in dusty low-visibility conditions. 3 3 [8]
15 November 1934 Near Longreach, Australia de Havilland DH.86 VH-USG Crashed on its delivery flight from England to Brisbane after in-flight loss of control, probably due to the type's design deficiencies. 4 4 [9][10][11][12][13]
30 January 1942 Timor Sea off Koepang Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat G-AEUH Shot down by Japanese aircraft; ex-Qantas VH-ABD, owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. 18 13 [3][14][15]
20 February 1942 Brisbane, Australia de Havilland DH.86 VH-USE Lost control after take-off in stormy weather, possibly broke up in flight (tail fin found a mile from the crash site). 9 9 [16][17][18][19]
28 February 1942 Between Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies and Broome, Australia Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETZ Nicknamed "Circe"
Shot down by Japanese aircraft; owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. 		20 20 [20]
22 April 1943 Gulf of Papua off Port Moresby, Papua Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU Stalled in flare and broke up during emergency landing in open water in poor weather. 31 13 [15][21]
26 November 1943 Port Moresby, Papua Lockheed C-56B Lodestar 42-68348 Struck hill after take-off; USAAF aircraft operated by Qantas for Allied Directorate of Air Transport. 15 15 [22][23]
11 October 1944 Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat VH-ABB On final approach with one engine shut-down, stalled 3 metres (10 ft) above the water and hull ruptured on impact. 30 2 [15][24][25]
23 March 1946 Indian Ocean Avro Lancastrian G-AGLX Aircraft disappeared between Colombo and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, cause unknown; aircraft owned by BOAC and operated by both airlines on Sydney-London services (BOAC crews operated London-Karachi and Qantas crews Karachi-Sydney). 10 10 [26][27]
16 July 1951 Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover VH-EBQ Crashed in sea after centre propeller failure, in heavy rain half a mile from the coast. Cargo of gold doré bars worth £36,000 (A$1.7 million 2022) was never found. 7 7 [28][29]
21 September 1951 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of Arona in the central highlands of New Guinea de Havilland DH.84 Dragon VH-AXL Crashed in mountainous country, no passengers aboard 1 1 [30]
13 December 1951 Near Mount Hagen, central highlands of New Guinea de Havilland DH.84 Dragon VH-URV Crashed in mountainous country 3 3 [31]

See also

  • Qantas Flight 1
  • List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline

References

  1. ↑ Creedy, Steve (12 February 2008). "Qantas safety record under threat". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080214201913/http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0%2C26058%2C23199918-5009000%2C00.html. Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  2. ↑ "History: Venturing Overseas". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501202337/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8. Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History: The World at War". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501202322/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10. Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  4. ↑ Geoffrey, Thomas (8 January 2014). "AirlineRatings.com names the top ten safest airlines". Airline Ratings. http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline. 
  5. ↑ G-AUED Airco aeroplane. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. 
  6. ↑ Kebabjian, Richard. "24 Mar 1927". http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1927/1927-3.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  7. ↑ Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1965). pp. 196--197, p. 285.
  8. ↑ Atalanta, a De Havilland DH50 biplane VH-UHE, ca. 1930. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. 
  9. ↑ "QANTAS DH 86 VH - USG at Darwin airport with crew". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=09641. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  10. ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=15096. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  11. ↑ "Airmen". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=18643. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  12. ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=18734. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  13. ↑ Kebabjian, Richard. "15 Nov 1934". http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1934/1934-22.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  14. ↑ "Papers of Ray Shepherd, File A20, ACC G-AEUH". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/collections/personal_papers_collection/guide_to_papers_of_ray_shepherd. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Graham, Wynnum B. (2001). Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
  16. ↑ De Havilland 86A owned by Qantas Empire Airways, ca. 1940. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. 
  17. ↑ "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14671. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  18. ↑ "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14674. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  19. ↑ Kebabjian, Richard. "20 Feb 1942". http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1942/1942-8.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  20. ↑ "QANTAS Empire Airways Chronological History". Cloncurry Advocate: p. 4. 30 May 1947. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170146987. 
  21. ↑ "AWM Collection Record: P02557.009". Australian War Memorial Collection. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090719235731/http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P02557.009. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  22. ↑ Cuskelly, Ron (1997–2000). "Lodestar". http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/lock1.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2008. 
  23. ↑ Francillon, Rene J. (1987).
  24. ↑ "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14981. Retrieved 13 May 2008.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  25. ↑ Qantas Short C Class Empire flying boat VH-ABB 'Coolangatta', ca. 1940. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. 
  26. ↑ Livingstone, Bob (1998). p. 122.
  27. ↑ "Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 G-AGLX Indian Ocean". Flight Safety Foundation. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19460323-0. Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  28. ↑ Kebabjian, Richard. "16 Jul 1951". http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1951/1951-38.htm. Retrieved 30 June 2010. 
  29. ↑ Goodall, Geoff. "DE HAVILLAND DHA-3 DROVER". http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/drover/drover.htm. Retrieved 25 August 2017. 
  30. ↑ "Pilot killed in Qantas crash". Canberra Times: p. 4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2838302. Retrieved 11 February 2018. 
  31. ↑ "Air crash in New Guinea". Cairns Post: p. 5. 15 December 1951. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42724472. Retrieved 11 February 2018. 

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