1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways Douglas C-47A Dakota registered G-AGZB operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft was destroyed and twelve of the eighteen occupants were killed (all three crew members and nine out of 15 passengers, including three infants).
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1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways Douglas C-47A Dakota registered G-AGZB operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft was destroyed and twelve of the eighteen occupants were killed (all three crew members and nine out of 15 passengers, including three infants).
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30,694,559
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730,228,436
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A similar Douglas C-47 of another airline
date
1962-05-06
destination
Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, England
fatalities
occurrence type
operator
East Anglian Flying Services trading as Channel Airways
passengers
site
St Boniface Down, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
survivors
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50.6027 -1.1977
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1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
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5.06027e+1
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-1.1977e+0