Manchester - Edinburgh

On March 20, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Manchester - Edinburgh experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by British Midland Airways - BMA, with the event recorded near Manchester-Ringway Great Manchester.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew (two pilots and two flight attendants) was completing a positioning flight to Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport. Both pilots took the opportunity to make some training and decided to simulate an engine failure at takeoff. Shortly after liftoff at Manchester-Ringway Airport, while in initial climb, the crew shut down the engine n°4 and feathered its propeller when the airplane started to yaw sharply to starboard. Control was lost then the aircraft crashed inverted and burst into flames. A flight attendant was injured while three other occupants were killed. Crew: I. Wallace, pilot, † R. A. Weeks, copilot, † S. Wallis, stewardess, † Jane Timson, stewardess.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AVJA, MSN 336, year of manufacture 1959.