London-Heathrow – Stavanger

On August 9, 1961 at 06:30 PM, London-Heathrow – Stavanger experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Cunard Eagle Airways, with the event recorded near Mt Holteheia Rogaland.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 36, passenger fatalities: 36, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was performing a charter flight from London-Heathrow to Stavanger, carrying 33 British students aged 14 and three teachers who were flying to Norway for a week study. While descending to Stavanger, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Holteheia located 54 km northeast of the destination. The airplane was totally destroyed and there were no survivors.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHPM, MSN 152, year of manufacture 1947.