London – Brussels

On February 17, 1952 at 06:20 AM, London – Brussels experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Transair UK, with the event recorded near Brussels Flemish Brabant.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Brussels-Zaventem Airport, the crew decided to reduce his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground due to foggy conditions when the twin engine aircraft hit a telephone pole and crashed on a house located about 100 meters from the approach path. Both crew members who were performing a cargo flight from London with newspapers on board were injured. Nobody on ground was hurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ALFD, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8793°, 4.4376°.