What the records say
- When
- 5 Jan 1953
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 54.63° N, 6.15° W
- Description
- 1953 aviation accident in the Northern Ireland
- Deaths
- 27
Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.
1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident
1953 aviation accident in the Northern Ireland
On 5 January 1953, a Vickers Viking airliner operated by British European Airways crashed on approach to Belfast Nutts Corner Airport, Northern Ireland. The aircraft was on a domestic flight from London Northolt Airport with 31 passengers and 4 crew on board. Twenty-four of the passengers and three crew members died in the accident.
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