Serial #30 Type CL-44D4-1

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Registration Date Event Operator Remarks
N123SW 07.03.1962 First flight Canadair Ltd.
N123SW 05.04.1962 Delivery Seaboard World Airways
G-AWGT 29.05.1968 Leased Transglobe Airways Returned to Seaboard on 31.01.1969 after Transglobe Collapsed
G-AWGT 06.02.1969 New owner Tradewinds Airways Returned to Airlift 1967
G-AWGT 22.04.1978 Leased Cyprus Airways
5B-DAN 01.06.1979 New owner Cyprus Airways
5B-DAN 04.11.1980 Landing incident Cyprus Airways The Aircraft was damaged beyond repair after an emergency landing at Akrotiri AFB, Cyprus.
The plane was on approach to Da Nang in bad weather and was very low on fuel. The weather was bad, heavy rain, low visibility and the crew was trying a radar assisted approach at night. A deviation was not possible because of the fuel status. A few miles short of the runway the plane touched the treetops and went down cutting a 300 yard swath through 66 thatched roof huts in Binh Tahi. Killing the four crew and 107 civilians on the ground.
It has been speculated that the real cause of the accident was a wind-shear.
Rumors have also been around that the plane was shot down by enemy fire. This has proven wrong.