Gibraltar - Tangier

On November 23, 1988 at 12:00 AM, Gibraltar - Tangier experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Gibraltar Airways, with the event recorded near Tangier-Boukhalef Tangier-Tétouan.

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.

78 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 78 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: 74, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The approach to Tangier-Boukhalef Airport was completed in heavy rain falls with a wind from 060° gusting at 24 knots. After touchdown on a wet runway, the crew encountered difficulties to decelerate. Following a course of about 1,000 meters on runway 28, the four engine aircraft veered off runway to the left and came to rest in a ditch. All 78 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-BBVH, MSN 281, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.7381°, -5.8804°.