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The aircraft operating Flight 548 was a Hawker Siddeley Trident Series 1 short- to medium-range three-engined airliner. This particular Trident (s/n 2109) was one of twenty-four de Havilland D.H.121s (the name "Trident" was not introduced until September 1960) ordered by BEA in 1959 and was registered to the corporation in 1961 as G-ARPI.
On 3 June 1966, a newly built Hawker Siddeley Trident jetliner crashed during a pre-delivery test flight near the village of Felthorpe, Norfolk, England, killing all four crew. The aeroplane had entered a deep stall from which the crew were unable to recover. It was the first loss of a Trident aircraft. [1]
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Hawker Siddeley Trident" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request.
CAAC Flight 301, [1] a Hawker Siddeley Trident operated by CAAC Guangzhou Regional Administration (now China Southern Airlines) from Guangzhou Baiyun to Hong Kong Kai Tak, ran off the runway in Hong Kong on 31 August 1988 after clipping approach lights. This was the first accident of China Southern Airlines since the split of CAAC Airlines from ...
[3]: 1 The flight crew of the Hawker Siddeley Trident consisted of Captain Dennis Tann (44), First Officer Brian Helm, and Flight Engineer Martin Flint. [3]: 6–8 Captain Tann was highly experienced, having logged 10,781 flying hours by the time of the accident.
18 June – British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPI entered a deep stall shortly after take-off from London Heathrow Airport and crashed near Staines, Middlesex, killing all 118 people on board. As of 2020, this remains the deadliest accident involving a civil aircraft in the United Kingdom.
June 18 – In the Staines Disaster, British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C, crashes at Staines-upon-Thames, England, less than three minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board. It will be the deadliest aviation incident in the United Kingdom until December 1988.