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2 unusual facts about Hawker Siddeley HS 748


Airborne Surveillance Platform

DRDO is developing an advanced surveillance platform based on a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 aircraft to detect targets at extended ranges with all-around azimuth coverage.

Tonj Airport

On 20 December 2009, a turboprop British Aerospace BAe-748-398, with four (4) crew members and thirty-seven (37) passengers, registration 5Y-YKM, operated by 748 Air Services, overshot the runway while landing, striking a cluster of houses and killing a woman and her child on the ground.


Thai Airways Flight 231

The Hawker Siddeley HS 748, registration HS-THB, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok.


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