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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.
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. By 1960, de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley.
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]
Photograph of severed tail section of Trident 1 G-ARPT – taken in 1972; Another photograph showing the severed tail of Trident 1C G-ARPT; Photograph showing damage to tail of Trident 1C G-ARPI; Trident accidents and incidents; BKS Air Transport Ltd history site; Pre-crash photographs of Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD
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 crashed aircraft was a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E that first flew in 1975. [3] The aircraft was owned by the Air Force but was operated by CAAC Airlines, Guangzhou division (now China Southern Airlines).
Watch a scene of the Philadelphiaplane crash site on Sunday (2 February) as victims of Learjet55 tragedy are named. The mid-size air ambulance plane carrying a sick child and five others crashed ...
Everyone on board the Hawker Siddeley Trident, including Lin and several members of his family, died when the aircraft impacted Mongolian terrain. [1] Lin Biao was allegedly attempting to defect to the Soviet Union after a failed plot to assassinate Mao Zedong. Following Lin's death, there has been widespread skepticism in the West concerning ...