Thorney Island - Thorney Island

On September 20, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Thorney Island - Thorney Island experienced a crash involving Vickers Varsity, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Falstone Northumberland.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Thorney Island. While cruising at an altitude of 13,000 feet, the aircraft went out of control, entered a spin and dove into the ground. At an altitude of 1,500 feet, the airplane disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in a field located in Falstone. All five crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration WL640, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.1806°, -2.4359°.