Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 DEC 1965 |
| Time: | 22:40 UTC |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK |
| Operator: | Skyways Coach Air |
| Registration: | G-AMWX |
| C/n / msn: | 15846/32594 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12815 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Le Treport (France) |
| Phase: | En route / landing (ENR/LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Beauvais-Tillé Airport (BVA/LFOB), France |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), United Kingdom | |
| Flightnumber: | 316 |
Emergency landed on the beach.
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume III (145-152)
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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 Beauvais-Tillé Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 248 km (155 miles).
Distance from Beauvais-Tillé Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 248 km (155 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.
