Handley Page H.P.30 crash, Jun 17, 1929 (7 killed), Dunge...
Handley Page H.P.30 accident on June 17, 1929 near Dungeness Kent, United Kingdom with 7 fatalities. Cause: Broken connecting rod in the starboard...
- Date: June 17, 1929
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.30
- Location: Dungeness Kent, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Broken connecting rod in the starboard engine, caused by fatigue failure of the big end bearing studs
While flying over the Channel, the starboard engine failed and the pilot tried to return to England. Unable to hold altitude, he ditched about 12 miles off Dungeness, and seven of the 13 people aboard died. Survivors were picked up by a Belgian trawler.