Sigingstone, near Llandow aerodrome, Wales 51°26′04″N3°28′39″W / 51.43445°N 3.47739°W / 51.43445; -3.47739
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Avro 689 Tudor V
Operator
Airflight operating as Fairflight[1]
Registration
G-AKBY
Flight origin
Dublin Airport
Destination
Llandow aerodrome
Passengers
78
Crew
5
Fatalities
80
Injuries
3
Survivors
3
The Llandow air disaster was an aircraft accident in Wales in 1950. At that time it was the world's worst air disaster, with a total of 80 fatalities.[2] The aircraft, an Avro Tudor V, had been privately hired to fly rugby union enthusiasts to and from an international game in Ireland. On the return flight the aircraft stalled and crashed on its approach to land.
^"The Llandow accident". Flight. LVII (2151): 354. 16 March 1950. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2018.
^The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p. 816 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
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