London – Shannon – Keflavik – Gander – New York

On February 21, 1946 at 12:00 AM, London – Shannon – Keflavik – Gander – New York experienced a crash involving Consolidated B-24 Liberator, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Charlottetown Prince Edward Island.

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.

14 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 7.1%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising along the east Canadian coast, the crew informed ATC about severe icing conditions and obtained the permission to divert to Charlottetown Airport. The aircraft passed the runway threshold at a height of 7 meters and then stalled and crashed in flames on the runway. The copilot was killed while 13 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGEM, MSN 26, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.2361°, -63.1047°.