1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash
The 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash occurred on 13 July 1928 when a Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport with a pilot and five passengers crashed near Purley, Surrey three miles from the airport, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights.
primaryTopic
1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash
The 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash occurred on 13 July 1928 when a Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport with a pilot and five passengers crashed near Purley, Surrey three miles from the airport, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights.
has abstract
The 1928 Imperial Airways Vick ...... ed joy rides) on test flights.
@en
thumbnail
Wikipage page ID
30,954,271
Wikipage revision ID
708,459,128
aircraft type
Caption
A Vulcan similar to the accident aircraft
date
1928-07-13
destination
Croydon Airport, England
fatalities
image size
occurrence type
operator
origin
Croydon Airport, England
passengers
site
near Purley, Surrey
survivors
tail number
subject
point
51.332149 -0.118188
type
comment
The 1928 Imperial Airways Vick ...... ed joy rides) on test flights.
@en
label
1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash
@en
lat
5.1332149e+1
long
-1.18188e-1