What the records say
- When
- 29 Feb 1964
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 47.21° N, 11.53° E
- Description
- 1964 plane crash on Mt. Glungezer in Austria
- Deaths
- 83
British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6
1964 aviation accident
On Saturday, 29 February 1964, British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashed into the Glungezer mountain near Innsbruck, Austria. The aircraft, a Bristol Britannia registered G-AOVO, had taken off from London Heathrow Airport, England, destined for Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport in Austria. All 75 passengers and 8 crew died in the crash.
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