London-Heathrow – Innsbruck

On February 29, 1964 at 02:14 PM, London-Heathrow – Innsbruck experienced a crash involving Bristol Britannia, operated by British Eagle Airways - BEA, with the event recorded near Mt Glungezer Tyrol.

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

83 people were known to be on board, 83 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 75, passenger fatalities: 75, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. British Eagle Flight 802 departed London-Heathrow Airport at 12:04 GMT with destination Innsbruck, Austria. At 13:35 the flight contacted Munich ATC and reported over the Kempten NDB nine minutes later, changing its IFR flight plan to VFR from Kempten to Innsbruck. Two minutes later the crew contacted Innsbruck and reported descending VMC directly to Seefeld. Over the Innsbruck VOR at FL110, the airplane was still unable to break the clouds. The last message from the flight was at 14:12 when it reported at FL100. The descent was continued until the airplane collided with the steep eastern flank of the Glungezer Mountain at an altitude of 2601 m (8500 ft). An avalanche occurred, carrying most of the aircraft debris downhill for about 400 m. All 83 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AOVO, MSN 13423, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.2769°, 11.4523°.