G-ALWE — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

March 14, 1957Accident
The aircraft was reaching the end of a scheduled passenger flight from Schiphol, Amsterdam, with a crew of 5 and 15 passengers aboard.
Vickers Viscount · 22 fatalities
The cause of the accident was the fracture, due to fatigue, of the 9/16 inch bolt holding the bottom of the No. 2 starboard flap unit. Full accident record