whilst looking for something completly unrelated, this popped up in my search, thought it might be of interest…
http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Liverpool Street&objid=1995-7233_LIVST_EP_367
Title: Aeroplane at Southend, 1968
Date: 1968-05-06
Place: Southend, Essex, England
Description: Aeroplane flying over railway track at Southend following a plane crash, 6 May 1968. This Channel Airlines aeroplane, Golden Viscount, overshot the runway and collided with a railway embankment.
Richard
By: Halcyon days - 9th May 2013 at 22:09
I remember it well as I flew out that morning from Southend on Air Ferry Viscount G-AVHE on a day trip to the Hanover air show with a group of enthusiasts/spotters. On the way back later the same day we got diverted in to Stansted due to the Viscount blocking the runway/overun area. The weather that night was awful and we were thrown about all over the place during the descent and diversion into Stansted-with lightning/heavy rain and severe turbulence followed by the heaviest landing I can ever recall.
The crashed Viscount had apparently aquaplaned and failed to stop within the runway length and overan the runway onto the railway line. (not the first to do so of course). At least that was what we were told on the night!!
We were subsequently coached back to Southend and saw the Viscount on the railway line.
By: Consul - 9th May 2013 at 19:37
I expect the crashed Viscount is G-APPU which over-ran the runway on the 4th May that year – I had flown in ‘PPU at Southend only about five weeks prior to that.
Tim
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