Statuts:
Date:	05 AVR 1948
Type/Sous-type:	Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Compagnie:	British European Airways - BEA
Immatriculation:	G-AIVP
Numéro de série:	229
Année de Fabrication:	1947
Equipage:	victimes: 4 / à bord: 4
Passagers:	victimes: 10 / à bord: 10
Total:	victimes: 14 / à bord: 14
Victime de la collision:	victimes: 1
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	3 km (1.9 milles) de Berlin-Gatow (Allemagne)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Intern.
Aéroport de départ:	London (unknown airport), Royaume Uni
Aéroport de destination:	Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG), Allemagne

Détails:
The Viking collided head-on with a Russian Air Force Yakovlev 3 fighter, which was performing aerobatics. The Viking spiralled slowly without control and crashed. The fighter pilot was also killed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The collision was caused by the action of the Yak fighter, which was in disregard of the accepted rules of flying and, in particular, of the quadripartite flying rules to which Soviet authorities were parties."

Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes