Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUL 1969 |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 |
| Operator: | BKS Air Transport |
| Registration: | G-ALZR |
| C/n / msn: | 5214 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Centaurus 661 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), France |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), United Kingdom |
The nose wheel collapsed on landing.
Sources:
Photos
G-ALZR was ferried to Lasham following the accident and broken up there
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 323 km (202 miles).
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 323 km (202 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
