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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 ...
On the afternoon of the accident the aircraft took off from London Heathrow Airport at 15:16 GMT on a non-scheduled positioning flight to Nutts Corner Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it was due to pick up the UK government Minister of Supply Aubrey Jones and a group of journalists, who had been attending the opening of a research building for Short & Harland Ltd in Belfast. [3]
As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights. 1929. 19 May – Air Union Farman F.63bis Goliath F-GEAI, [14] crashed at Keylands Sidings near Paddock Wood railway station, Kent while operating a flight from Croydon to Paris. It stopped yards from the signal box and was destroyed by ...
On 5 January 1953, a Vickers Viking airliner operated by British European Airways crashed on approach to Belfast Nutts Corner Airport, Northern Ireland. [1] [2] The aircraft was on a domestic flight from London Northolt Airport with 31 passengers and 4 crew on board. Twenty-four of the passengers and three crew members died in the accident. [1] [2]
1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash; BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845; B. 1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash; BOAC Flight 712; H. 1948 Heathrow disaster; M.
Delta flight 36 turned around 90 minutes into the flight from Atlanta to Heathrow and flew back to its starting point because of a problem with the anti-icing equipment.
This was followed by daily two-class Britannia services from Heathrow to Edinburgh and Belfast the next day. [57] This was also the first time a scheduled airline had offered a separate first class cabin on a domestic route in the UK. As British Eagle was restricted to a single daily round-trip on each route, it sought to differentiate itself ...
Belfast City Airport's runway remains closed to all flights after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing during strong winds. It appears its nose wheel collapsed when it ...