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British European Airways

Occurrences where an aircraft's operator is British European Airways. Spellings and company suffixes are merged.

Occurrences1414 accidents · 0 incidents · 12 mapped
Fatal occurrences13Fatality total known for 14 of 14
Reported fatalities411Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Years1946–19727 Aug 1946 – 18 Jun 1972

By year

British European Airways: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19461 occurrences in 1946, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).13
19482 occurrences in 1948, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).115
19492 occurrences in 1949, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).238
19501 occurrences in 1950, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).128
19531 occurrences in 1953, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).127
19572 occurrences in 1957, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).229
19582 occurrences in 1958, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).254
19651 occurrences in 1965, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).136
19711 occurrences in 1971, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).163
19721 occurrences in 1972, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (2).1118

Aircraft types

British European Airways: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Vickers 6102115
Vickers VC-12255
Airspeed AS-571123
Avro Anson T211114
Douglas C-47113
Douglas DAKOTA1114
Douglas DC-31124
Hawker Siddeley Trident 111118
North American F-861131
Vickers VANGUARD1163

Countries

British European Airways: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 9 occurrences, 64.3% of the occurrences shown. 8 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.64.3%8276
BelgiumBelgium: 1 occurrences, 7.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 9).7.1%163
GermanyGermany: 1 occurrences, 7.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 9).7.1%115
ItalyItaly: 1 occurrences, 7.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 9).7.1%131
NorwayNorway: 1 occurrences, 7.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 9).7.1%13
West GermanyWest Germany: 1 occurrences, 7.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 9).7.1%123

Deadliest occurrences

British European Airways: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
British European Airways Flight 54818 Jun 1972118Staines, England, UK1
British European Airways Flight 7062 Oct 197163Aarsele, Belgium1
1965 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash27 Oct 196536London Heathrow Airport, London1
British European Airways Flight 14222 Oct 195831Nettuno, near Anzio, Italy2
1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash31 Oct 195028London Heathrow Airport, London, England1
1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident5 Jan 195327Nutts Corner, Belfast, Northern Ireland1
1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident19 Aug 194924Saddleworth Moor, West Riding of Yorkshire, England1
Munich air disaster6 Feb 195823Munich-Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany1
British European Airways Flight 41114 Mar 195722Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, United Kingdom1
1948 Gatow air disaster5 Apr 194815near RAF Gatow, Berlin, Germany2

All occurrences

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  1. British European Airways Flight 548

    18 Jun 1972 · Staines, England, UK · 118 fatal

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  2. British European Airways Flight 706

    2 Oct 1971 · Aarsele, Belgium · 63 fatal

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  3. 1965 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crash

    27 Oct 1965 · London Heathrow Airport, London · 36 fatal

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  4. British European Airways Flight 142

    22 Oct 1958 · Nettuno, near Anzio, Italy · 31 fatal

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  5. Munich air disaster

    6 Feb 1958 · Munich-Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany · 23 fatal

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  6. 1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash

    23 Oct 1957 · Belfast, Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 7 fatal

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  7. British European Airways Flight 411

    14 Mar 1957 · Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, United Kingdom · 22 fatal

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  8. 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident

    5 Jan 1953 · Nutts Corner, Belfast, Northern Ireland · 27 fatal · not on the map

  9. 1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash

    31 Oct 1950 · London Heathrow Airport, London, England · 28 fatal

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  10. 1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident

    19 Aug 1949 · Saddleworth Moor, West Riding of Yorkshire, England · 24 fatal · not on the map

  11. 1949 Exhall mid-air collision

    19 Feb 1949 · Exhall, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 14 fatal

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  12. British European Airways Flight S200P

    21 Apr 1948 · Irish Law Mountain, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  13. 1948 Gatow air disaster

    5 Apr 1948 · near RAF Gatow, Berlin, Germany · 15 fatal

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  14. British European Airways Flight 530

    7 Aug 1946 · Mistberget, Eidsvoll, Norway · 3 fatal

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