ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336739
| Date: | Monday 5 April 1948 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers 610 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registration: | G-AIVP |
| MSN: | 229 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from Berlin-Gatow -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London (unknown airport) |
| Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG) |
The Viking collided head-on with a Soviet 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
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