Short Bros. S.23 C class Empire Flying boat G-ADUY 'Capella' undergoing maintenance at Imperial Airways base at Hythe

The seaplane aircraft named 'Capella' was engaged in an international schedule flight on behalf of Qantas. While taxiing in the harbor of Batavia (Jakarta), the aircraft collided with an unknown floating object. The captain abandoned the departure procedure and returned to the harbour when the airplane partially sank. All eight occupants evacuated safely and the float plane was damaged beyond repair