MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750
On 31 December 1968 a Vickers Viscount aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for a flight of 724 nautical miles (1 341 km) to Port Hedland. The aircraft crashed 28 nautical miles (52 km) short of its destination with the loss of all twenty-six people on board. More than half of the right wing, from outboard of the inner engine to the wingtip, including the outer engine and its propeller, broke away from the rest of the aircraft in flight and struck the ground a significant distance from the main wreckage. Investigation by the Australian Department of Civil Aviation and British Aircraft Corporation concluded that a mysterious action during maintenance led to extensive fatigue cracking in the right wing spar. This accident remains the third worst in Australia's civil aviation histo
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1968 in AustraliaDecember 1968Fatigue (material)History of Western AustraliaList of accidents and incidents involving airliners by locationList of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraftList of accidents and incidents involving the Vickers ViscountList of aircraft by tail numberList of disasters in Australia by death tollMacRobertson Miller Airlines flight 1750Macrobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750Macrobertson Miller Airlines flight 1750VH-RMQ
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MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750
On 31 December 1968 a Vickers Viscount aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for a flight of 724 nautical miles (1 341 km) to Port Hedland. The aircraft crashed 28 nautical miles (52 km) short of its destination with the loss of all twenty-six people on board. More than half of the right wing, from outboard of the inner engine to the wingtip, including the outer engine and its propeller, broke away from the rest of the aircraft in flight and struck the ground a significant distance from the main wreckage. Investigation by the Australian Department of Civil Aviation and British Aircraft Corporation concluded that a mysterious action during maintenance led to extensive fatigue cracking in the right wing spar. This accident remains the third worst in Australia's civil aviation histo
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Vickers Viscount Type 720
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An aircraft pictured standing on the apron at an airport
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Viscount 700 series similar to VH-RMQ
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MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750
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Perth, Western Australia
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VH-RMQ
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Metal fatigue caused by maintenance error
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