1958 Independent Air Travel Vickers Viking crash
A Vickers Viking, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 September 1958 |
| Summary | Pilot error following engine failure |
| Site | |
| Total fatalities | 7 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers VC.1 Viking |
| Operator | Independent Air Travel |
| Registration | G-AIJE |
| Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport |
| Stopover | Nice |
| 1st stopover | Brindisi |
| Last stopover | Athens |
| Destination | Tel Aviv |
| Occupants | 3 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 4 |
On 2 September 1958, an Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking (registration G-AIJE), with three crew members aboard and loaded with two Bristol Proteus turboprop engines, crashed after taking off from London Heathrow Airport, en route to Athens via Tel Aviv, Nice and Brindisi.