lgw bean flicker
1st Aug 2006, 16:13
Hi all,
I know the above aircraft was written off in Tangers as per the details below, but I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to the actual airframe (ie was it chopped up, is it still there rotting?), The Bean
Accident description
languages: Status:
Date: 23 NOV 1988
Type: Vickers 807 Viscount
Operator: Gibraltar Airways
Registration: G-BBVH
C/n / msn: 281
First flight: 1957
Engines: 4 Rolls Royce 520 Dart
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Tangier Airport (TNG) (Morocco)
Phase: Landing
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB / LXGB), Gibraltar
Destination airport: Tangier Airport (TNG)
Narrative:
The aircraft ran off the left side of runway 28 on landing, continued in a shallow channel before coming to rest 1165yds past the touchdown point. Aquaplaning is suspected since the landing took place during a heavy rainshower with wind at 60deg/24kts.
I know the above aircraft was written off in Tangers as per the details below, but I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to the actual airframe (ie was it chopped up, is it still there rotting?), The Bean
Accident description
languages: Status:
Date: 23 NOV 1988
Type: Vickers 807 Viscount
Operator: Gibraltar Airways
Registration: G-BBVH
C/n / msn: 281
First flight: 1957
Engines: 4 Rolls Royce 520 Dart
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Tangier Airport (TNG) (Morocco)
Phase: Landing
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB / LXGB), Gibraltar
Destination airport: Tangier Airport (TNG)
Narrative:
The aircraft ran off the left side of runway 28 on landing, continued in a shallow channel before coming to rest 1165yds past the touchdown point. Aquaplaning is suspected since the landing took place during a heavy rainshower with wind at 60deg/24kts.