Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JUL 1965 |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 222 |
| Operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registration: | G-ASXL |
| C/n / msn: | 6800 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 532-1 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Piacenza (Italy)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom |
| Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML), Italy |
The Argosy struck a hilltop at 2230 feet some 35nm from the runway 36 threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Navigational error due to 1) Failure to determine the aircraft's position in bad weather; 2) Failure to make fullest possible use of the co-pilot.
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (142-149)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from London-Heathrow Airport to Milano-Linate Airport as the crow flies is 974 km (609 miles).
Distance from London-Heathrow Airport to Milano-Linate Airport as the crow flies is 974 km (609 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
