1957 Blackbushe Viking accident [SEP] point in time
1957 Blackbushe Viking accident
The 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident occurred on 1 May 1957 when an Eagle Aviation twin-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B registered "G-AJBO" named "John Benbow" crashed into trees near Blackbushe Airport, located in Hampshire, England, on approach following a suspected engine failure on take-off. All five crew and 29 of the 30 passengers were killed. The aircraft also carried the RAF serial number XF629 allotted to this aircraft for use during trooping flights only.
Accident.
At 21:14
Saskatchewan Roughriders, and former Iowa Hawkeye Outland Trophy winner Cal Jones.
1950s 1957.
- February 1 – Northeast Airlines Flight 823, a Douglas DC-6, crashes during a snowstorm shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport; 20 of the 101 occupants die.
- March 14 – British European Airways Flight 411, a Vickers Viscount, crashes while on approach to Manchester Airport, killing all 20 on board and two on the ground.
- May 1 – In the 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident, an Eagle Aviation Vickers VC.1 Viking