| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1972 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  BAC One-Eleven 501EX |
| Owner/operator: | British Caledonian Airways |
| Registration: | G-AWYS |
| MSN: | 175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8997 hours |
| Cycles: | 5626 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 85 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kerkyra Airport (CFU) -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR) |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA Greece |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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 hospital.
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."
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1996 | G-AWYS | British Airways, opb Maersk Air | 0 | Near Moulins VOR |  |
non |
| 4 January 1998 | G-AWYS | British Airways, opb Maersk Air | 0 | Near Liverpool |  |
non |
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