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1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster
The 1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster was an air accident that happened on 18 February 1956 when a Scottish Airlines Avro York crashed after take off from RAF Luqa in Malta on a trooping flight from the Suez Canal Zone to London Stansted Airport. The disaster killed 50 passengers and crew on board the aircraft, all the passengers except one (a British Army private) were Royal Air Force personnel.
Accident.
The accident happened on 18 February 1956 when Avro York registration G-ANSY
, is bombed by Jack Gilbert Graham over Longmont, Colorado; all 44 on board are killed.
1950s 1956.
- February 18 – The 1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster: a Scottish Airlines Avro York crashes near Żurrieq, Malta due to pilot error, killing all 50 on board.
- April 1 – TWA Flight 400, a Martin 4-0-4, crashes on takeoff at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, killing 22 of the 36 on board; 14 survive.
- April 2 – Northwest Orient