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Old 10th Feb 2021, 16:49
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mikecharles
 
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Hi. There is a report in the book "Last of the Pistons", search online. Also, on google you will find a transcript of the Enquiry written in French, plus photos of some parts still on the mountain near the village of Py, in the Pyrenees. The accident was deemed as caused by a faulty Janitrol hot air heater in the cockpit, probably rusted, and the crew were critically disorientated/intoxicated by the fumes thereby losing their way. Six of my friends from Hull lost their lives, two being buried in a mass grave at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. The flight had departed from Manston Airport.
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