ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329021
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| Date: | Friday 30 September 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol 175 Britannia 253 |
| Owner/operator: | Interconair |
| Registration: | EI-BBY |
| MSN: | 13455 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN) -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Severe vibration was experienced at an height of 300 feet. The approach to runway 24 was abandoned and an overshoot was commenced. The aircraft continued to sink and collided with the ground short and to the right of the runway. The Britannia aircraft bounced, the right wing broke off. The aircraft then skidded and caught fire.
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Location
Images:
photo (c) John Smith; East Midlands Airport (EMA); 26 January 1977
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Manchester International Airport (MAN); February 1977
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