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A memorial at the site of the January 1952 crash. The 1952 Aer Lingus C-47 accident occurred on 10 January 1952, in Wales. The C-47 operated by Aer Lingus was en-route from London to Dublin when the aircraft suddenly went into a dive and crashed near Llyn Gwynant. All twenty passengers and three crew died in the crash.
1952 Aer Lingus C-47 accident; L. 2005 Logan Airport runway incursion This page was last edited on 3 February 2021, at 22:20 (UTC). ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
1 January – Aer Lingus Douglas Dakota EI-ACF St. Kieran was destroyed when it made a forced landing near Spernall, Warwickshire. [92] There was one serious injury amongst the 25 people on board. [93] 5 January 1953 – British European Airways Vickers Viking G-AJDL crashed on approach to Nutts Corner Airport, Belfast. Twenty-seven of the 35 ...
January 10 – An Aer Lingus Douglas Dakota 3 (registration EI-AFL) on a Northolt Aerodrome–Dublin flight crashes in Wales due to vertical draft in the mountains of Snowdonia, killing all 23 people on board. It is the airline's first fatal crash in its fifteen-year history. [7] [8] [9]
11 August – A Royal Air Force Avro Anson trainer aircraft crash lands on the track of the Snowdon Mountain Railway killing its three aircrew. [5] 3 September – Somali-born Mahmood Hussein Mattan is the last person to be hanged in Cardiff Prison, having been convicted of the 6 March murder of Lily Volpert in Tiger Bay.
Aer Lingus (/ ˌ ɛər ˈ l ɪ ŋ ɡ ə s / air LING-gəs; an anglicisation of the Irish aerloingeas [ˌeːɾˠˈl̪ˠɪɲɟəsˠ], meaning "air fleet") [a] is the flag carrier of Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 2015, and it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Airlines Group (IAG).
An Aer Lingus Douglas DC-3C (registration EI-ACF, named St. Kieran) force-landed at Spernall, United Kingdom due to engine failure and fuel starvation while on a Dublin-Birmingham service; all 25 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. [1] January 23