We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The Viscount was being used for a semi-annual flight crew check involving a simulated two engines out emergency landing. The aircraft was approaching Ciampino runway 16R with engines number 3 and 4 out when it suddenly went into a right bank, some 400 meters short of the runway threshold. The Viscount struck the ground with the right wingtip, crashed and burned. Both pilots were killed. Probable cause (official findings): The accident was attributed to a balked landing manoeuvre carried out bel
Vickers Viscount · 2 fatalities