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Accidents and Incidents

• 16 July 1949 -- Hastings TG611 lost control during takeoff at Berlin-Tegel Airport and dived into the ground due to incorrect tail trim; all five crew died.
• 26 September -- 1949 Hastings TG499 lost the belly pannier, which hit the tail causing the aircraft to crash; all three crew died.
• 20 December 1950 -- Hastings TG574 lost a propeller in flight, which hit the fuselage killing the co-pilot. The aircraft diverted to Benina, Libya and the aircraft flipped onto its back during landing. A total of five out of the seven crew were killed but the 27 passengers (all "slip" crews returning) survived.
• 19 March 1951 -- Hastings WD478 stalled on takeoff at RAF Strubby; 3 crew died.
• 16 September 1952 -- Hastings WD492 had a whiteout and crashed at Northice, Greenland. All the crew rescued by USAF Rescue at Thule.
• 12 January 1953 -- Hastings C1 TG602 crashed after takeoff when both elevator and the tailplane broke away; all 5 crew and 4 passengers died.
• 22 June 1953 -- Hastings WJ335 stalled and crashed on takeoff at RAF Abingdon. The elevator control locks had been left engaged. All six crew died.
• 23 July 1953 -- Hastings TG564 crashed on landing at Kai Tak with one fatality on the ground and the aircraft completely burnt out. Flight was outward bound for a casualty evacuation operation from Korea to the United Kingdom.
• 2 March 1955 -- Hastings WD484 stalled and crashed on takeoff at RAF Boscombe Down due to the elevator controls being locked; all 4 crew died.
• 9 September 1955 -- Hastings NZ5804 lost power on three engines due to multiple birdstrike and crashed just after takeoff from Darwin, Australia. 25 crew and passengers survived.
• 13 September 1955 -- Hastings TG584 lost control attempting to overshoot at RAF Dishforth and crashed; 5 died.
• 9 April 1956 -- Hastings WD483 undercarriage collapsed on landing and crashed at landing. No fatalities.
• 29 May 1959 -- Hastings TG522 stalled and crashed on approach to Khartoum Airport, Sudan, after engine failure. All 5 crew died, 25 passengers survived.
• 1st March 1960 -- Hastings TG579 crash landed in the sea 1.5 miles East of Gan, Maldives in a violent tropical storm. All 6 crew and 14 passengers survived
• 29 May 1961 -- Hastings WD497 stalled and crashed in Singapore after an engine lost power; 13 died.
• 10 October 1961 -- Hastings WD498 stalled and crashed on takeoff from RAF El Adem, Libya after the pilot's seat slid back. Seventeen of the 37 occupants died.
• 17 December 1963 -- Hastings C1A TG610 engine failure during 'roller' landing at Thorney Island, Sussex. Aircraft ran into, and destroyed, a radio servicing building, killing one of the occupants and injuring four. The crew was uninjured.
• 6 July 1965 -- Hastings C1A TG577, departing from RAF Abingdon on a parachute drop, crashed at Little Baldon, Oxfordshire, with the loss of 41 lives. The cause was metal fatigue of two of the elevator bolts.
• 4 May 1966 -- Hastings TG575 was written off when undercarriage collapsed landing at El Adem, Libya.