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Downend air crash
The Downend air crash occurred on 6 November 1957 when a prototype Bristol Britannia aircraft crashed in woods near Overndale Road in Downend, a suburb of Bristol, England, on its landing approach at Filton airport during a test flight. All fifteen on board, four crew and 11 technicians, died in the crash.
Cause.
The exact cause of the crash was never determined, but was suspected to be a malfunction of the autopilot, possibly due to faulty wiring. The company which manufactured the autopilot
Downend
Downend may refer to:
- Places in England
- Downend, Berkshire, a village
- Downend, Isle of Wight
- Downend, South Gloucestershire, a suburb of Bristol
- Downend air crash
- Downend, a hamlet in the parish of Horsley, Gloucestershire
- Downend, a hamlet in the civil parish of Puriton in Somerset
- Downend Castle
- People
- Richard Downend (born 1945), English cricketer and rugby union player