1948 Heathrow disaster

1948 aviation accident April 2022 1948 Heathrow disaster File:Douglas DC-3D OO-AUM Sabena Ringway 08.07.49 edited-3.jpg A Sabena DC-3, similar to the accident aircraft 300 Accident 1948 03 02 y Poor weather conditions and pilot error Heathrow Airport 22 19 3 2 20 2 Douglas DC-3C Sabena OO-AWH Brussel-Zaventem airport (BRU/EBBR), Belgium London Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom The 1948 Heathrow disaster was the crash of a Douglas DC-3C of the Belgian airline Sabena at Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom on 2 March 1948. It was the first major accident at Heathrow Airport; of the 22 people on board 20 were killed, of whom most had British nationality.Rampen in België https://books.google.com/books?id=dly9axBP4O4C&pg=PA67 2005 Lannoo Uitgeverij 978-90-209-6216-1 67 Aircraft The DC-3 involved was built in 1947 with serial number 43154 and registration OO-AWH and was used by the Belgian airline company Sabena from 21 March 1947 until its destruction in 1948. It was built for a US military contract but was never delivered and was the last DC-3 to be built by Douglas.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/courtsocial/article1805884.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20150603215650/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/courtsocial/article1805884.ece dead 3 June 2015 London air crash Dakota bursts into flames The Times 3 March 2003 3 February 2016 Crash The Sabena flight departed from Brussels, Belgium en route to London, United Kingdom under the command of pilot Henri Goblet and radio officer Jean Lomba. NationalityPassengersCrewTotalTotalKilledTotalKilledTotalKilledBelgium003333United Kingdom1312001312Poland210021United States110011Italy110011Switzerland110011Cuba110011Total1917332220 http://issuu.com/aviationsafetynetwork/docs/sabena_oo-awh_heathrow_2_mar_1948 OO-AWH issuu.com 2014 3 February 2016 Workers in a hangar nearby saw the aircraft crash on the runway and quickly went to the survivors' aid. When they reached the aircraft, there was utter devastation; only the tail section of the aircraft was left intact. However, there were survivors and the workers quickly pulled a few passengers from the burning wreckage. They could hear the screams of those still trapped in the inferno and despite all their efforts those people perished. When emergency personnel finally arrived on the scene, there was no one left to save. It was later concluded that a high number of passengers survived the crash but died in the blaze either by burning to death or smoke inhalation. The three survivors were badly burned and were quickly taken to the hospital, where one of them soon died from his injuries. One of the survivors was former MP Otho Nicholson.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2739133 19 killed in crash of Dakota gov.au 4 March 1948 3 February 2016 Aftermath Following the crash, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Civil Aviation stipulated that ground-controlled approaches would no longer be available to aircraft landing in conditions of less than 150 ft m vertical visibility and 800 yd m horizontal visibility except in an emergency. Civil Aviation News: Sabena Crash and G. C. A. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200330.html 280 Flight London 11 March 1948 18 February 2016 In the wake of the crash and that of a Douglas DC-4 two months later, Sabena postponed its 25th anniversary celebrations that had been scheduled for the end of May 1948. Sabena's 25th Anniversary https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200770.html 584 Flight London 27 May 1948 18 February 2016Douglas DC-4 OO-CBE 19480512-0 18 February 2016 The two airport workers who entered the burning wreckage to rescue survivors, Harold Bending and Angus Brown, were awarded the George Medal in June 1948. Here and There: Life-saving Awards https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200978.html 6 Flight London 1 July 1948 18 February 201638329 y 1 22 June 1948 References 51 30 N 0 26 W title Category:Sabena accidents and incidents Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving fog Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in London Category:1948 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 Category:March 1948 in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Middlesex Category:Disasters in Middlesex Category:History of the London Borough of Hillingdon Category:Aviation accidents and incidents at Heathrow Airport Category:1948 in the United Kingdom Category:March 1948 in Europe