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How many crashes at Heathrow

I’m wondering if anybody knows how many crashes have occurred at Heathrow (fatal and non fatal) since the airport opened

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By: Super Guppy - 4th August 2003 at 13:25

Edited as I have just noticed that Moondance has already said what I had written.

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By: Selsport69 - 1st August 2003 at 21:54

You are also forgetting the KLM prop that landed without landing gear that appeared on Airport the other week as a repeat

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By: Moondance - 1st August 2003 at 18:34

The Vulcan was B.1 XA897 which crashed on 1/10/56 – C in C of Bomber Command, Sir Harry Broadhurst was the co-pilot. The aircraft touched down short of the runway on a GCA in poor weather, the landing gear folded back, damaging the aileron control rods, rendering the aircraft laterally uncontrollable. The pilots ejected, but tragically the back seaters died.
Other LHR accidents include :
Vanguard G-APEE 27/10/65 – crashed in poor weather on its third attempt to land.
B707 G-ARWE 8/4/68 – engine fire (and eventual separation) on departure, aircraft burnt out on the runway after landing (I think one of the cabin crew received a posthumous George Cross for her part in the evacuation)
Ambassador G-AMAD 3/7/68 – flap failure on finals causing the aircraft to crash in front of Terminal 1, damaging various Tridents.
Check out the database on www.aviation-safety.net for details.

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By: atc pal - 1st August 2003 at 12:04

An early Vulcan returning from Australia crashed in fog on a GCA approach. Pilot(s?) ejected. Backseat crewmembers died.
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By: wysiwyg - 1st August 2003 at 10:57

..and of course the Virgin A340 with the hung up main gear leg a few years back.

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By: wysiwyg - 1st August 2003 at 10:57

The only one that springs to my mind is the BEA Trident crash at Staines.

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