Avro 691 Lancastrian crash, Mar 23, 1946 (10 killed), Ind...

Avro 691 Lancastrian accident on March 23, 1946 near Indian Ocean, World with 10 fatalities.

BOAC Lancastrian G-AGLX, flown by Qantas on the London to Sydney service, disappeared on the leg from Colombo to the Cocos Islands. No trace of the aircraft or its ten occupants was ever found, and search operations were suspended about ten days later.

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