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1954 Prestwick air disaster
The aircraft involved the accident in 1953
Accident
Date25 December 1954
SummaryPilot error
SitePrestwick Airport, Scotland
55°30′07″N 4°34′24″W / 55.50194°N 4.57333°W / 55.50194; -4.57333
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 377 Stratocruiser
Aircraft nameRMA Cathay
OperatorBritish Overseas Airways Corporation
RegistrationG-ALSA
Flight originLondon Heathrow Airport
StopoverManchester Airport, Lancashire
2nd stopoverPrestwick Airport, South Ayrshire
DestinationIdlewild Airport, New York City, U.S.[1]
Passengers25
Crew11
Fatalities28
Survivors8

The 1954 Prestwick air disaster occurred in the early morning of Christmas Day, 1954. A British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing 377 Stratocruiser crashed on landing at Prestwick Airport, Scotland; 28 of the 36 on board were killed.

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