BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845
1968 disasters in the United Kingdom1968 in LondonAirliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failureAviation accidents and incidents at Heathrow AirportAviation accidents and incidents in 1968 ... and 4 more
British European Airways accidents and incidentsHistory of the London Borough of HillingdonJuly 1968 events in the United KingdomNortheast Airlines (UK) accidents and incidents
On 3 July 1968, BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845, an Airspeed Ambassador registration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transport crashed at Heathrow Airport, damaging two parked Trident airliners as it cartwheeled into the incomplete Heathrow Terminal 1, then under construction. Six of the eight people on board the Ambassador were killed, along with the eight racehorses being transported on it. The crash was blamed on the failure of a flap-operating rod due to metal fatigue, resulting in asymmetrical lift.
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Clipper Road, London
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N 51.4734 ° | E -0.4501 ° |
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Terminal 1
Clipper Road
TW6 1SL London (London Borough of Hillingdon)
England, United Kingdom
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