Shawbury – Istres – Gibraltar – Khartoum – Nicosia – Luqa – Shawbury

On December 5, 1950 at 03:00 PM, Shawbury – Istres – Gibraltar – Khartoum – Nicosia – Luqa – Shawbury experienced a crash involving Vickers 619 Wellington X, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Xàbia Valencian Community.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On the leg from Istres to Gibraltar, the crew encountered poor weather conditions while cruising along the Spanish coast. The aircraft deviated from the prescribed flight path and was at a too low altitude when it hit the slope of the Mt Montgó located northwest of Xàbia. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all seven crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to thunderstorm activity and the aircraft was off course. Crew: F/Lt Leonard West, pilot, F/Lt Peter Pullar, navigator, F/Lt Robert James Baker, F/Sgt Ernest Hansom, AC1 Neville Jones, AC1 Roy Owen Ouseley, AC1 Peter Field Thorne.

Aircraft reference details include registration NA958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.7744°, 0.1868°.