1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash
On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambassador registration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transport, crashed at London Heathrow Airport, damaging two parked Trident airliners as it cartwheeled into the incomplete London 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.
1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash
On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambassador registration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transport, crashed at London Heathrow Airport, damaging two parked Trident airliners as it cartwheeled into the incomplete London 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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On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambass ...... esulting in asymmetrical lift.
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21,612,859
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734,786,570
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Twin-engined, triple-tailed, h ...... ng the length of the fuselage.
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Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD in 1965
date
1968-07-03
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operator
passengers
site
London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom
survivors
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type
Mechanical failure caused by metal fatigue
subject
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51.4734 -0.4501
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On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambass ...... esulting in asymmetrical lift.
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1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash
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5.14734e+1
