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All on board, 20 passengers and crew, died in the crash as did two people in the house. The aircraft involved was a Vickers Viscount registration G-ALWE operated by British European Airways . The cause of the crash was metal fatigue in flaps causing loss of control.
British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled international passenger flight from London, England to Salzburg, Austria.On 2 October 1971, whilst en route at 19,000 feet (5,791 m), [1] the Vickers Vanguard the pressure bulkhead at the rear of the cabin failed.
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Data from Vickers Aircraft Co Ltd General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 2 Length: 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Wing area: 149.3 sq ft (13.87 m 2) Empty weight: 928 lb (421 kg) useful load 650 lbs Gross weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg) Fuel capacity: 60 U.S. gallons (230 L; 50 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 915iS horizontally opposed turbocharged ...
The 1965 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash was a domestic flight operated by a Vickers Vanguard 951 aircraft of British European Airways (BEA). On Wednesday, 27 October 1965, the aircraft crashed during landing at London Heathrow Airport , causing the deaths of all 36 people on board.
Vickers Aircraft Company's first aircraft, a two-seat amphibious seaplane, is called The Wave. [5] The Wave has some unique features unavailable in other similar aircraft, [6] such as a bow thruster and substantially higher horsepower engine. [7] [8] [9]
[Note 1] The aircraft climbed to an altitude of 19,000 feet (5,800 m) for the 189-minute flight. [2] [4] [7] At 11:34 am the pilot advised that the aircraft was 30 nautical miles (56 km) short of its destination and passing altitude 7,000 feet (2,100 m) on descent to Port Hedland airport. No further radio transmission was received from the ...
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