Belfast – Liverpool

On January 21, 1937 at 12:00 AM, Belfast – Liverpool experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Plane Advertising, with the event recorded near Irish Sea All United Kingdom.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The engine failed in flight, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft in the Irish Sea. The crew from a ship arrived on scene and was able to evacuate the mechanic unhurt while the pilot was killed when the aircraft sunk.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AEIJ, MSN J8507, year of manufacture 1936.