British European Airways Flight 530 [SEP] point in time
British European Airways Flight 530
British European Airways Flight 530, also known as the Mistberget Accident (), was a controlled flight into terrain of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain into the Mistberget mountain in Eidsvoll, Norway, on 7 August 1946 at ca. 14:00. The British European Airways (BEA) aircraft was en route on a scheduled flight from London's Croydon Airport and crashed during approach to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
Three of the five crew members were killed in the accident and all ten passengers survived, though two
all 25 on board.
- July 11 – TWA Flight 513, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashes near Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, after a fire in the baggage compartment; of the six crew on board, only one survives.
- August 7 – British European Airways Flight 530, a Douglas C-47, crashes into Mistberget mountain near Eidsvoll, Norway; killing three of five crew; all 10 passengers survived.
- October 3 – An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes into mountainous terrain after takeoff from