British European Airways Flight 706 (1965)

When

27 Oct 1965

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

51.48° N, 0.46° W

Description

Crash of BEA Flight 706 at Heathrow due to fog

Deaths

36

1965 aviation incident in London

The 1965 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash was a domestic flight operated by a Vickers Vanguard 951 aircraft of British European Airways (BEA). On Wednesday, 27 October 1965, the aircraft crashed during landing at London Heathrow Airport, causing the deaths of all 36 people on board. At the time It was one of the deadliest aviation disasters in the United Kingdom.

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