London-Heathrow - London-Gatwick

On January 28, 1972 at 12:00 AM, London-Heathrow - London-Gatwick experienced a crash involving Vickers VC-10, operated by British Caledonian Airways, with the event recorded near London-Gatwick West Sussex.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The crew was completing a positioning flight from Heathrow to Gatwick. After touchdown on runway 08, the pilot selected spoilers and reverse thrust when the airplane became airborne again then landed back heavily and bounced twice. The fuselage was bent just prior to the wings, a tyre on the nose wheel burst and a wheel separated. The aircraft rolled for several hundred meters before coming to rest. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ARTA, MSN 803, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.1564°, -0.1579°.