Status:	Final
Date:	19 JUL 1972
Time:	13:15 UTC
Type:	BAC One-Eleven 501EX
Operator:	British Caledonian Airways
Registration:	G-AWYS
C/n / msn:	175
First flight:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	8997
Cycles:	5626
Engines:	2 Rolls Royce 512-14DW Spey
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 79
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 85
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Airplane fate:	Repaired
Location:	Kerkyra Airport (CFU) (Greece)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR), Greece
Destination airport:	London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), United Kingdom

Narrative:
BAC One-Eleven G-AWYS was speeding down the runway when it ran through a pool of standing water. The captain thought the no. 1 engine had failed and rejected the takeoff close to decision speed. The airplane overran the runway onto rough ground and came to rest in a nearby lagoon in about 1 metre depth. An elderly lady died of a heart attack whilst being taken to hostpital.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident sequence originated when the aircraft ran into a pool of standing water at a speed very close to V1 causing a temporary reduction of engine thrust from water ingestion and a momentary loss of aircraft acceleration. This situation, apparently, delayed the crew's identification of their problems and the initiation of action to abandon the takeoff was taken about 3 seconds too late for the aircraft to be stopped within the runway distance remaining."

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