Editing Imperial Airways (section)

===Fatal accidents===

==== 1920s ====
* 24 December 1924: [[de Havilland DH.34]] G-EBBX ''City of Delhi'' [[1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash|crashed and caught fire]] shortly after take-off from [[Croydon Airport]], killing the pilot and all seven passengers.<ref name="DH34" /><ref name="Flight010125">{{cite magazine|title=Air Disaster at Croydon |magazine=Flight |issue=1 January 1925 |page=4 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200004.html}}</ref>
*13 July 1928: [[Vickers Vulcan]] G-EBLB [[1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash|crashed]] at [[Purley, London|Purley]] during a test flight, killing four of the six people on board.<ref name="Vulcan">Stroud, Nov 1987, pp.609–612</ref> As a result of the crash, Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) during test flights.
*17 June 1929: Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT ''City of Ottawa'' [[1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash|ditched]] in the [[English Channel]] following engine failure whilst on a flight from Croydon to Paris with the loss of seven lives.<ref name="HPW" />
*6 September 1929: [[de Havilland Hercules]] G-EBMZ ''City of Jerusalem'' [[1929 Jask Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules crash|crashed]] and burned on landing at [[Jask]], [[Iran]] in the dark due to the pilot misjudging the altitude and stalling the aircraft, killing three of five on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-EBMZ|id= 19290906-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*26 October 1929: [[Short Calcutta]] G-AADN ''City of Rome'' force-landed off [[La Spezia]], [[Italy]] in poor weather; the flying boat sank in the night during attempts to tow it to shore, killing all seven on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AADN|id= 19291026-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Calcutta">Stroud, Feb 1987, pp.97–103</ref>

==== 1930s ====
*30 October 1930: Handley Page W.8g G-EBIX ''City of Washington'' struck high ground in fog at [[Boulogne-Billancourt|Boulogne]], [[Paris]], [[France]], killing three of six on board.<ref name="HPW" /><ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-EBMZ|id= 19301030-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*28 March 1933: [[Armstrong Whitworth Argosy]] G-AACI ''City of Liverpool'' [[1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash|crashed]] at [[Diksmuide]], [[Belgium]] following an in-flight fire. This is suspected to be the first case of sabotage in the air. All fifteen people on board were killed.<ref name="Argosy">Stroud, May 1985, pp.265–269</ref>
*30 December 1933: [[Avro Ten]] G-ABLU ''Apollo'' collided with a radio mast at [[Ruysselede]], Belgium and [[1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash|crashed]]. All ten people on board were killed.<ref name="Avro">Stroud, Feb 1991, pp.115–120</ref>
*31 December 1935: Short Calcutta G-AASJ ''City of Khartoum'' crashed off [[Alexandria, Egypt|Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] when all four engines failed on approach, possibly due to fuel starvation; twelve of 13 on board drowned when the flying boat sank.<ref name="Calcutta" /><ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AASJ|id= 19351231-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*22 August 1936: [[Short Kent]] G-ABFA ''Scipio'' sank at [[Mirabello Bay]], [[Crete]] after a heavy landing, killing two of 11 on board.<ref name="Calcutta" /><ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ABFA|id= 19360822-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*24 March 1937: [[Short Empire]] G-ADVA ''Capricornus '' crashed in the Beaujolois Mountains near [[Ouroux]], France, following a navigation error, killing five.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ADVA|id= 19370324-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*1 October 1937: Short Empire G-ADVC ''Courtier'' crashed on landing in [[Phaleron Bay]], [[Greece]] due to poor visibility, killing two of 15 on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ADVC|id= 19371001-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*5 December 1937: Short Empire G-ADUZ ''Cygnus '' crashed on takeoff from [[Brindisi]], Italy due to incorrect flap settings, killing two.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ADUZ|id= 19371205-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*27 July 1938: [[Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta]] G-ABTG ''Amalthea'' flew into a hillside near [[Kisumu]], [[Kenya]] shortly after takeoff, killing all four on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ABTG|id= 19380727-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*27 November 1938: Short Empire G-AETW ''Calpurnia'' crashed in [[Lake Habbaniyah]], [[Iraq]] in bad weather after the pilot descended to maintain visual contact with the ground following spatial disorientation, killing all four crew.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AETW|id= 19381127-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>
*21 January 1939: Short Empire G-ADUU ''Cavalier'' [[1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching|ditched]] in the Atlantic 285&nbsp;mi off [[New York (state)|New York]] due to [[carburettor]] icing and loss of engine power; three drowned while ten survivors were picked up by the tanker ''Esso Baytown''. Thereafter Imperial Airways and Pan-American trans-oceanic flying boats had the upper surfaces of the wings painted with orange high visibility markings.
*1 May 1939: Short Empire G-ADVD ''Challenger'' crashed in the [[Lumbo]] lagoon while attempting to land at [[Lumbo Airport]], killing two of six on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-ADVD|id= 19390501-0|accessdate= 18 January 2013}}</ref>

==== 1940 ====
*1 March 1940: Flight 197,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp42e-gulf-oman-8-killed|title=Crash of a Handley Page H.P.42E into the Gulf of Oman, 8 killed|website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> operated by [[Handley Page H.P.42]] G-AAGX ''Hannibal'', disappeared over the [[Gulf of Oman]] with eight on board; no wreckage, cargo or occupants have been found. The cause of the crash remains unknown, but fuel starvation, a [[bird strike]] damaging a propeller and causing an engine or wing to separate, an in-flight breakup or multiple engine failure were theorized. Two months after the crash, the H.P.42 was withdrawn from passenger operations. It was also recommended that all commercial aircraft used in long flights over water be equipped with personal and group life saving gear; this would later become standard throughout the airline industry.