Airplane Crash - Stansted, England 12/23/1957
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Stansted, England
Date | 12/23/1957 |
Location | Stansted, England |
Operator | Scottish Airlines |
Route | Malta - London |
Type | Avro 685 York C-1 |
Registration | G-AMUN |
Aboard | 4 |
Fatalities | 4 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The cargo plane crash landed short of the runway on the third landing attempt. The accident was due to an error on the part of the captain in that while making an attempt to land he continued the approach below the critical height without sufficient visual reference to the ground. |
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