Midland 331, The cause of the crash of G OHOT at Utoxeter back in 1994 was 'Fuel Contamination'
The Aircraft was on a Freight Flight from EDI - CVT, when all of a sudden over the Midlands one of the 4 Engines stopped!
I cant remember what happened to the other 3 Engines, I Tink they lost 1 more before crashing into a wood outside Utoxeter.
Sadly one of the 2 Pilot's was killed instantly on impact, I the other was in a 'bad' state, and I hope he/she has recovered.
The Aircraft was on a parcelforce contract night flight.
The AAIB found traces of 'Water' in the fuel, and this caused the engines to seize up!
It just showed that even Commercial's can get water contamination just as easy as a C152?
You don't hear about this happening as much nowadays, But you would have thought Vickers would have allowed for this happening on the Rolls Royce Dart Engine.
Regards.
