Handley Page HPR-7 Crash, 1965

Type: Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 211
Operator: Eastern Provincial Airways
Registration: CF-NAF (160)
People on board: 3 crew and 5 passengers, 8 fatalities
Nature: Scheduled Passenger
Flight: Halifax - Sydney (Flight number 102)

The Herald departed Halifax runway 33 at 0910h and was instructed
to turn right and climb to FL130. Last radio communication was at 0915h.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of corroded skin area along the bottom centre
line of the aircraft beneath stringer No.32 which resulted in structural
failure of the fuselage and aerial disintegration."

Information excerpted from: ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (39-44)

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cory 04.08.11 at 9:58 pm: I would like to know more about this plane crash in upper musq. I herd about this crash many years ago but the info is hard to find.
David Walker 05.04.11 at 2:36 pm: The cause of the corrosion was attributed to the growth of a fungus Cladesporium resinae?? in galley slop that had accumulated on the bottom skin of the airplane.
James 01.18.12 at 2:51 pm: I was onboard HMCS St. Laurent, which was designated as ‘Funeral Ship’”, at the time of the crash.
A young Navel officer was killed in the crash and buried at sea. I was part of the ‘deck party ‘at the time
and I will never forget it. I’m now 67 years old.