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12 unusual facts about Vickers Viscount


1953 London to Christchurch air race

There have been many films made about the commercial section of this race: a Vickers Viscount which finished first, followed by a Douglas DC-6A of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines which was declared the winner on hanidcap.

Boutros Salim AbouNader

He continued to fly DC-3s until 1958, when he flew as a co-pilot on the Avro York and then a Vickers Viscount in 1959.

Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport

On 31 March 1991, Vickers Viscount HK-1708 of Intercontinental de Aviación was damaged beyond economic repair while on a flight from El Dorado International Airport to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport.

Frank Lilley

On 9 November 1959, Lilley was one of four Scottish MPs on a British European Airways Viscount which was involved in a near miss with a Royal Air Force Pembroke transport.

Joshua Nkomo

The most widely reported and possibly the most effective of these attacks which had an impact in the Rhodesian's social life was the downing of two Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount civilian passenger planes with surface-to-air missiles.

Kirkwall Airport

On 25 October 1979, Vickers Viscount G-BFYZ of Alidair was damaged beyond economic repair when the aircraft departed the runway after #4 propeller struck the runway.

Mount Isa Airport

On 22 September 1966 a Vickers Viscount aircraft departed from Mount Isa Airport with twenty passengers for a flight to Brisbane via Longreach.

Ottery St Mary

The aircraft, an Alidair Vickers Viscount turboprop, flying 62 passengers from Santander to Exeter was eleven miles short of the runway over a wooded area on East Hill, just before the town, when it ran out of fuel and all four engines stopped.

Tshikapa Airport

In 1988, Vickers Viscount 9Q-CTS of Filair was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident.

Vijayawada Airport

On 28 August 1980, Vickers Viscount VT-DJC of Huns Air was damaged beyond economic repair when the nosewheel collapsed after the aircraft bounced three times on landing.

Winton, Queensland

1966 Crash of Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount aircraft, on Nadjayamba Station, west of Winton

On 22 September 1966, Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount aircraft crashed on Nadjayamba Station 12 miles (19 km) west of Winton, killing all 24 people on board.


1958 Central African Airways plane crash

The 1958 Central African Airways plane crash occurred when a Vickers Viscount airliner crashed during a scheduled passenger flight from Wadi Halfa, Sudan, to Benghazi, Libya, on 9 August 1958 about 9 kilometers southeast of Benina International Airport in Libya.

Adnan Menderes

On 17 February 1959, the Turkish Airlines aircraft Vickers Viscount Type 793, registration TC-SEV, carrying Adnan Menderes and a party of government officials on a special flight from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport crashed a few miles short of the runway, near Rusper, Sussex in heavy fog and caught fire.

Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

On March 5, 1959, Vickers Viscount YS-09C of TACA International Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Managua Airport when both port engines failed.

Cambrian Airways Liverpool crash

On 20 July 1965 a Vickers Viscount of Cambrian Airways crashed on approach to Liverpool International Airport, after a flight from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man.

Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport

On 28 December 1971, Vickers Viscount F-BOEA of Air Inter was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway on a training flight during a simulated failure of #4 engine.

Intercontinental de Aviación

On 21 January 1974, a Vickers Viscount of Aeropesca Colombia was hijacked and diverted to Cali.

Janus Airways

It operated mainly from UK regional airports such as Lydd Airport and Coventry Airport, flying Handley Page Dart Herald and Vickers Viscount aircraft.

Khartoum International Airport

On 27 August 1952, Vickers Viscount G-AHRF operated by the Ministry of Supply was damaged beyond economic repair when its starboard undercarriage collapsed on landing.

Linjeflyg

On 15 January 1977, Flight 618 operated by Vickers Viscount SE-FOZ crashed at Kälvesta on approach to Bromma Airport, Stockholm due to ice accretion on the tailplane leading to a loss of control.

Schabak Modell

Aircraft manufacturers in the Schabak line are the old Junkers JU52, Concorde, Vickers Viscount, Ilyushin IL 86 and 96, Tupolev 154, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 and MD-11, Boeing 737, 747 (including Air Force One), 747 short fuselage, 747-400, 767, 777, 787, Airbus A300, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340 and also the A380.