Bovingdon – Nice – Luqa – Nairobi

On February 17, 1952 at 06:30 PM, Bovingdon – Nice – Luqa – Nairobi experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Hunting Air Travel, with the event recorded near Mt La Cinta Sicily.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

31 people were known to be on board, 31 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 26, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising at an altitude of 1,040 meters about 65 km south of Palermo in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the north slope of Mt La Cinta. The crash site was reached by the rescuers three days later and all 31 occupants have been killed. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and an engine and a wing were found about 800 meters from the main wreckage.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHPI, MSN 142, year of manufacture 1946.