1968 Heathrow Airspeed Ambassador Crash (Video 1) - YouTube An Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 cargo plane, registered G-AMAD, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR), United Kingdom. As the aircraft was landing on Heathrow's runway 28R the left wing dropped, and the wing tip and left landing gear touched the grass adjacent to the runway. Six people on board the Ambassador died, including the flight crew and three of five Of the two Trident aircraft, G-ARPT was damaged beyond economic repair and G-ARPI was subsequently repaired; it was later destroyed when it crashed on 18 June 1972 in what became known as the All other Ambassadors were grounded pending the result of an inquiry.The pilot probably tried to overshoot and set the flaps to the correct 10 degrees, but due to the mechanism design this was not sufficient to cause the starboard flaps to retract (which would have taken 25 seconds in any event). The Ambassador, construction number 5211, had previously been British European Airways' Sir Francis Drake. ... and journalists. The Department of Transport report concluded that whatever the pilot's actions, it was "doubtful" whether an accident could have been avoided. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash.Aviation accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom The first Elizabethan scheduled flight was from Heathrow to Paris Le Bourget on 13 March 1952. The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador is a British twin piston-engined airliner that first flew on 10 July 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s. After the accident all Ambassadors were fitted with steel reinforcements to the flap operating rods.Aviation accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom The Department of Transport report concluded that whatever the pilot's actions, it was "doubtful" whether an accident could have been avoided.After the accident all Ambassadors were fitted with steel reinforcements to the flap operating rods.On 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan Airport. It was transporting eight racehorses belonging to businessman William Hill together with five grooms. There were eight crew members on board. There were 23 fatalities from the 44 people on board, including eight Manchester United players.
On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambassador registration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transport crashed at London Heathrow Airport, damaging two parked Trident airliners as it cartwheeled into the incomplete London Heathrow Terminal 1, then under construction.Six of the eight people on board the Ambassador were killed, along with the eight racehorses being transported on it. It had recently been converted to a "horsebox" transport and was on a flight from Deauville, France, to Heathrow Airport. The planes are sometimes referred to as "Elizabethans", as they were originally ordered and popularised by British European Airways as the planes used for their "Elizabethan Class" passenger service. The crew tri The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador is a British twin piston-engined airliner that first flew on 10 July 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s. The Airspeed Ambassador was one of the earliest British airliners to have cabin pressurisation. The planes are sometimes referred to as "Elizabethans", as they were originally ordered and popularised by British European Airways as the planes used for their "Elizabethan Class" passenger service. The airplane operated on a flight from Deauville-Saint Gatien Airport (DOL) to London-Heathrow … [1] Six people on board the Ambassador died, including the flight crew and three of five Of the two Trident aircraft, G-ARPT was damaged beyond economic repair and G-ARPI was subsequently repaired; it was later destroyed when it crashed on 18 June 1972 in what became known as the All other Ambassadors were grounded pending the result of an inquiry.The pilot probably tried to overshoot and set the flaps to the correct 10 degrees, but due to the mechanism design this was not sufficient to cause the starboard flaps to retract (which would have taken 25 seconds in any event).