Originally Posted by
Sotonsean
A few more photos and details regarding incident involving the Flying Tigers DC-63F N786FT at London Stansted Airport in 1982.
An Intercontinental DC8-54F 5N-AVY was attempting to land at London Stansted Airport on the 05 September 1982 in thick fog when it went off course and hit the tail of the Flying Tigers DC-63F.
It was miraculous that the aircraft didn't crash. 5N-AVY was eventually scrapped at London Stansted Airport in 1985 and the Flying Tigers DC-63F was repaired shortly after the incident with a tail fin acquired from the fire dump.
Utterly superb contributions as ever, thank you!
Going back to the Flying Tigers / Intercontinental incident - which was arguably the closest that Stansted has ever come to a Tenerife like tragedy, does anyone have any idea as to what part of the Inter DC-8 hit the tail of the Tigers DC-8?
Rob