ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219279
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| Date: | Thursday 19 January 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Viking 618 |
| Owner/operator: | Eagle Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AJPH |
| MSN: | 207 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Nicosia -
 Cyprus
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Nicosia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Badly damaged after a belly landing at Nicosia. Aircraft took off from Nicosia and according to passenger account one of the engines ran away and could not be controlled or shut down. Pilot crash landed as he would not have been able to make a controlled landing back at Nicosia.
Sources:
British Pathe
https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00068000/00068619.mp4.m3u8
Eye witness Passenger on aircraft
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2018 11:22 | Cobar | Added |
| 27-Jun-2019 13:39 | robertpbull | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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