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On 4 June 1967, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut passenger aircraft owned by British Midland Airways operating as British Midland Flight 542 crashed near the centre of Stockport, Cheshire, England. Of the 84 people on board, 72 were killed. It is the fourth-worst accident in British aviation history. [1]
20 March – British Midland Airways Vickers Viscount G-AVJA crashed on take-off from Ringway Airport, Manchester, Lancashire. The aircraft was operating a training flight. During a simulated engine failure control was lost and the aircraft rolled inverted and dived into the ground. Three of the four crew were killed. [120]
The aircraft was a British Midland-operated Boeing 737-4Y0, [a] registration G-OBME, [3] on a scheduled flight from London Heathrow Airport to Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland, having already flown from Heathrow to Belfast and back that day. The 737-400 was the newest design from Boeing, with the first unit entering service less ...
British Midland Canadair C-4 G-ALHG at Manchester Airport on 29 August 1965. The Stockport Air Disaster: a Canadair C-4 aircraft owned by British Midland Airways (registration G-ALHG) operating a holiday charter flight crashed near the centre of Stockport, Greater Manchester, on 4 June 1967. This accident, the deadliest in the airline's history ...
The plane was given clearance for takeoff at 22:40 and the crew reported they were airborne by 22:44. Following takeoff, Houston Departure Control handed responsibility of the aircraft over to San Antonio. The crew of Flight 542 reported to San Antonio as being over the Gulf Coast intersection at 9,000 feet (2,700 m) at 22:52.
Data from flight-tracking service FlightAware showed a plane leaving the airport at 2:07 p.m. before its flight ended at 2:09, which is the time that police said they received a notification about ...
British Midland Flight 092: Boeing 737-4Y0 M1 motorway, Kegworth: Blade fracture in left engine causing heavy vibration & engine fire; pilots shut down wrong engine When aircraft was diverted to East Midlands Airport, vibration returned, pilots erroneously shut down remaining engine. Aircraft crashed onto M1 motorway, skidding up motorway ...
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