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1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash

On 3 July 1968 Airspeed Ambassadorregistration G-AMAD of BKS Air Transportcrashed at London Heathrow Airport, damaging two parked Trident airliners as it cartwheeled into the incomplete London Heathrow Terminal 1, then under construction. Six of the eight people on board the Ambassador were killed, along with the eight racehorses being transported on it.^[1]The crash was blamed on the failure of a flap-operating rod due to metal fatigue, resulting in asymmetrical lift.

1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash

Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD in 1965
Accident
Date	3 July 1968
Summary	Mechanical failure caused by metal fatigue
Site	London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom 51.4734°N 0.4501°W
Aircraft type	Airspeed Ambassador
Operator	BKS Air Transport
Registration	G-AMAD
Passengers	5
Crew	3
Fatalities	6
Survivors	2

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Last edited 8 months ago by Grassynoel

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