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1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash information


Holtaheia accident
A similar Vickers Viking operated by Eagle Airways in 1960
Accident
Date9 August 1961
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteHolta, Strand, Norway
59°05′07″N 6°03′41″E / 59.08528°N 6.06139°E / 59.08528; 6.06139
Aircraft
Aircraft typeVickers 610 Viking 3B
OperatorEagle Airways
RegistrationG-AHPM
Flight originLondon Heathrow, England
DestinationStavanger Airport, Sola
Passengers36
Crew3
Fatalities39
Survivors0

The 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash (Norwegian: Holtaheia-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain incident on 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand, Norway. The Eagle Airways (later, British Eagle) Vickers 610 Viking 3B Lord Rodney was en route from London Heathrow to Stavanger Airport, Sola on an AIR Tours charter flight taking a school group for a camping holiday. The aircraft was making an instrument landing when it crashed 54 km (34 mi) north east of Stavanger. All 39 people on board died.

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