Glasgow – East Midlands

On February 20, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Glasgow – East Midlands experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by British Midland Airways - BMA, with the event recorded near East Midlands Leicestershire.

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

53 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 53 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: 48, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to East Midlands Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions (snow falls) and the captain decided to go-around. During a second attempt to land on runway 10, the pilot-in-command failed to realize his exact position when the airplane struck the ground 1,000 feet prior to the touchdown zone. Upon impact, the nose gear was torn off and the aircraft came to rest in a snow covered field, broken in two. All 53 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AODG, MSN 77, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.8281°, -1.3327°.