G-ALHG, the accident aircraft, at Liverpool Airport, February 1965
Accident
Date
4 June 1967
Summary
Crashed on approach following double engine failure
Site
Stockport, Cheshire, England 53°24′27″N2°09′11″W / 53.407563°N 2.153138°W / 53.407563; -2.153138
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Operator
British Midland Airways
Registration
G-ALHG
Flight origin
Palma Airport, Majorca, Spain
Destination
Ringway Airport, Manchester, England
Passengers
79
Crew
5
Fatalities
72
Injuries
12
Survivors
12
On 4 June 1967, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut passenger aircraft owned by British Midland Airways operating as British Midland Flight 542 crashed near the centre of Stockport, Cheshire, England. Of the 84 people on board, 72 were killed. It is the fourth-worst accident in British aviation history.[1]
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