What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1957
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 53.37° N, 2.25° W
- Description
- 1957 aviation accident
- Injured
- 0
British European Airways Flight 411
1957 aviation accident
British European Airways Flight 411 crashed on approach to Manchester Airport after a flight from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport on 14 March 1957 and hit a house in Wythenshawe. All on board, 20 passengers and crew, died in the crash as did two people in the house. The aircraft involved was a Vickers Viscount registration G-ALWE operated by British European Airways.
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