1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown

1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
VH-ABB, a Qantas Short Empire similar to the aircraft involved.
Accident
Date30 January 1942
SummaryShootdown
SiteWest Timor, Dutch East Indies
Aircraft
Aircraft typeShort Empire S.23
OperatorQantas
RegistrationG-AEUH
Flight originEl Tari International Airport
DestinationDarwin International Airport
Occupants18
Fatalities13
Survivors5

The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down was an incident that occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. A Short Empire flying boat airliner, Corio, operated by Qantas was shot down by Japanese aircraft off the coast of West Timor, Dutch East Indies, on 30 January 1942, killing 13 of the occupants.