Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 19 ABR 1968 |
| Hora: | ca 10:30 |
| Tipo: | Avro Shackleton MR.2 |
| Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registración: | WB833 |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Año de Construcción: | 1952 |
| Motores: | 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Glenmanuilt Hill, Mull of Kintyre (Reino Unido)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Ballykelly RAF Station (EGQB), Reino Unido |
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The Shackleton MR.2 prototype had taken off from Ballykelly on an anti-submarine exercise early in the morning . The area around Mull of Kintyre was shrouded in thick sea mist. The Shackleton climbed up through the mist and the aircraft struck rising ground near Garvalt cottage.
Fuentes:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
» VPI Book of Remembrance
Fotos
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.
