Barcelona – Southend

On October 9, 1960 at 12:47 PM, Barcelona – Southend experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes, operated by Falcon Airways - UK, with the event recorded near Southend Essex.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

76 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 76 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 71, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Following an uneventful flight from Barcelona, the crew completed the approach and the landing on a wet runway. After touchdown, the pilot applied brakes according to the procedures but the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran, struck an embankment and came to rest with its nose on a railway track. All 76 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ALDC, MSN 81/4, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.5388°, 0.7128°.