Glasgow – Northolt

On January 6, 1948 at 09:00 PM, Glasgow – Northolt experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by British European Airways - BEA, with the event recorded near Northolt AFB London Metropolis.

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.

18 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 17 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.6%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Northolt Airport, about seven km from the runway threshold, the captain decided to make a go around and informed ATC he was unable to distinguish the runway due to poor weather conditions. A second and a third attempt to land were aborted few minutes later. During the fourth attempt, the aircraft was too low and hit tree tops before crashing in a field located 4 km short of the runway threshold. 17 occupants were injured while a passenger was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHPK, MSN 148, year of manufacture 1947.