Canadian reg D/C8 off runway LHR

[arthur harbrow]

Does anyone recall this incident, maybe late 60s?

[Captain Airclues]

I believe that it went off the end of 28R into a cabbage field in fog. The story goes that the F/O walked to a nearby house to raise the alarm.

Airclues

[Speedbird48]

It was Air Canada and they ran off the end of the then 28R into a cabbage field. I believe it was an aborted t T/O.

[Unwell_Raptor]

It couldn't happen today. For one thing the cabbage field has been built on.

[zalt]

Is that the same field in the infamous Vulcan accident?

[PaperTiger]

November 6 1963, anniversary nearly due
Aborted t/o is correct:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/1963/631106-0.htm

[Golf Charlie Charlie]

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=385405

Approximately, where did it finish up in relation to today's perimeter road and the A3044 road ?

[zalt]

GCC Good pic - aaaah the days of the post accident paint pot!

[Pom Pax]

Cabbages

They were either January King or Savoys worth about 6d gross each, I knew the farmer a grower/salesman in Brentford Market (now Western International). I think the vulcan and Air India also contributed to his compensation fund.