What the records say
- When
- 6 May 1962
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 50.60° N, 1.20° W
- Description
- aviation incident in England
- Deaths
- 12
1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
Aviation incident in England
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways Douglas C-47A Dakota, registered G-AGZB and operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth, collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down, near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft had previously been owned by British European Airways, and was named "Robert Smith-Barry".
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