Accidents and Incidents
- On January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, originating from Kallang, took off from Rome for its final leg to London and broke into pieces in mid-air. This led to an investigation into the airworthiness of the de Havilland Comet airplanes.
- On 13 March 1954, a Qantas - BOAC Lockheed Constellation, Belfast carrying mail crashed while attempting to land at Kallang Airport en route to London from Sydney. The accident killed 32 people, including eight crew.
- On 29 Jun 1946, one of the Dakota aircraft belonging to the Royal Air Force Police with 20 NCOs on board crashed at the Airport in a storm with no survivors. The nearby road Dakota Crescent and the subway station Dakota Station are named in commemoration of this disaster.
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