| Date: | Thursday 22 January 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 814 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | British Midland Airways - BMA |
| Registration: | G-AWXI |
| MSN: | 339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
At 1000 feet after takeoff (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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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bremen Airport (BRE); May 1968
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