G-APEE — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

October 27, 1965Accident
The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport, London. The flight departed Edinburgh at 23:17 hours UTC on October 26 for an domestic flight to London. The flight was uneventful until Garston VOR, the holding point. At 00:15 the captain decided to attempt a landing on runway 28R.
Vanguard · 36 fatalities
The cause of the accident was attributed to pilot error due to the following combination of events: - low visibility (less than 50 meters), - tiredness, - anxiety, - disorientation, - lack of experience of overshooting in fog, - over-reliance on pressure instruments, - position error in pressure instruments, - lacunae in training, - unsatisfactory overshoot… Full accident record