26
Mar
Vickers 732 Viscount – G-ANRR
The Hunting Clan Vickers Viscount plane took off from London for a test flight following major overhaul. While flying at 1000 feet, som...
26
Mar
Vickers 621 Viking 1 – G-AIJE
The Vickers Viking aircraft departed London, U.K. at 05:54 GMT for a flight to Nice, Brindisi, Athens and Tel Aviv. The only persons o...
26
Mar
Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 100 – G-AODE
The Herald had taken off from Woodley to take part in the Farnborough air display. Half an hour into the flight an intense and uncontro...
26
Mar
de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B – G-AMYU
The de Havilland Heron plane was on a freight flight to Guernsey when the pilot had to carry out a missed approach due to deteriorating...
26
Mar
Vickers Valetta T.4 – WJ467
The Valetta was engaged in a training flight out of RAF Leeming. During single engine flight, the working engine lost power. The aircra...
26
Mar
Handley Page Marathon T.2 – XA253
After landing the crew accidently retracted the undercarriage instead of the flaps.
26
Mar
Vickers 802 Viscount – G-AORC
The Viscount took off from London at 20:42 for a positioning flight to Prestwick. Nearing Prestwick, a descent from FL185 was commenced...
26
Mar
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA – G-ALDV
The Handley Page Hermes was on a test flight when the controls became jammed. Eyewitnesses saw the plane descending in a series of dive...
26
Mar
Bristol 170 Freighter 21E – G-AICS
A Manx Airlines Bristol 170 impacted Winter Hill, U.K.,killing 35 occupants; 7 survived the accident. The Bristol 170 aircraft was bei...
26
Mar