Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Date: | 22 JAN 1970 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Vickers 814 Viscount |
| Compagnie: | British Midland Airways - BMA |
| Immatriculation: | G-AWXI |
| Numéro de série: | 339 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1958 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 34 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 38 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) (Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), Royaume Uni |
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At 1000 feet after take-off (from runway 28R) the no. 4 engine failed and caught fire. Because the propeller continued to windmill, the flames were fed with engine oil. An emergency landing was carried out on runway 28R. The fire was extinguished, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
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D-ANOL shown here on a lease from Lufthansa. The Viscount was sold to BMA in January 1969 as G-AWXI.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
