Avro 685 York crash, Mar 11, 1952, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt...
Avro 685 York accident on March 11, 1952 near Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Hamburg, Germany with no fatalities. Cause: All four engines failed from fuel...
- Date: March 11, 1952
- Aircraft: Avro 685 York
- Location: Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Hamburg, Germany
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: All four engines failed from fuel exhaustion, and the aircraft force-landed near Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel Airport.
Avro York G-AMGL of Air Charter Ltd was operating a cargo flight from London to Hamburg on 11 March 1952 with three crew and seven passengers. All four engines failed on final approach, and the aircraft came down in a field short of the runway and was written off. All ten occupants were quickly rescued.