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1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash

20 Jul 1965 · Near Liverpool International Airport, Liverpool, England

Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount · Loss of control

From Isle of Man Airport (IOM) to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
4 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
2
Occupants
2
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Vickers Viscount

Aircraft type
Vickers VISCOUNT
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
G-AMOL
Onboard fatalities
2
Route
From Isle of Man Airport (IOM)To Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

On 20 July 1965 a Vickers Viscount of Cambrian Airways crashed into Thompson & Capper's mothball factory on approach to Liverpool International Airport, after a flight from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man. Both crew (Michael Warrington and Peter Kenny) were killed, as well as the only two persons in the factory (June Simpson and Elizabeth Farrell) who were working late.

The aircraft was returning empty, having operated an additional cargo to the Isle of Man, owing to a nationwide seaman's strike that was taking place at the time.

Text from the Wikipedia article “1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash” (revision 1342414731, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: 1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash
Article
1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash
Revision
1342414731 · 2026-03-08 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q5025276
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash" (page 16009771, revision 1342414731)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an airline in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
Ground fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.