Flight which crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968
Aer Lingus Flight 712
A Vickers Viscount of Aer Lingus, similar to the accident aircraft (1966)
Accident
Date
24 March 1968
Summary
In-flight structural failure of undetermined cause
Site
St George's Channel, near Wexford, Ireland
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Vickers Viscount 803
Operator
Aer Lingus
Registration
EI-AOM
Flight origin
Cork Airport
Destination
Heathrow Airport
Passengers
57
Crew
4
Fatalities
61
Survivors
0
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Approximate location of crash site
Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. Although the investigation into the crash lasted two years, a cause was never determined.[1][2][3] Causes proposed in several investigative reports include possible impact with birds, a missile or target drone, or mechanical and structural failures.[4]
Aer Lingus still uses this flight number for a daily flight from Cork to London Heathrow,[5] contrary to airline convention of discontinuing a flight number following a crash.[6] The route is operated with an aircraft from the Airbus A320 family.[5]
^Mullin, John (11 January 1999). "Did British missile hit Flight 712?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^Lashmar, Paul (16 March 2000). "For 30 years, the RAF has been suspected of causing Ireland's worst air disaster. Until now..." The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^"Air crash 'missile' link ruled out". BBC News. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^"Remembering the Tuskar Rock tragedy of 1968". Irish Examiner. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ ab"(EI) Aer Lingus 712 Flight Tracker". FlightStats. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^Grossman, David (31 October 2005). "Check your travel superstitions, or carry them on?". Travel. USA Today. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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