Luxembourg - Luton

On September 14, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Luxembourg - Luton experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador, operated by Autair International Airways, with the event recorded near Luton Bedfordshire.

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.

69 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 69 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: 64, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. Following an uneventful charter flight from Luxembourg, the crew completed a landing by night on a wet runway. After touchdown, the airplane encountered difficulties to decelerate and overran. It lost its undercarriage and came to rest few dozen yards further. All 69 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair. At the time of the accident, the horizontal visibility was estimated to 1,800 meters with clouds at 300 feet. It is believed the aircraft suffered aquaplaning after landing while the flaps were retracted in the takeoff position and the brakes were applied intermittently.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ALZS, MSN 5215, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8777°, -0.4101°.