Miles M.60 Marathon crash, Sep 30, 1954 (5 killed), Calne...
Miles M.60 Marathon accident on September 30, 1954 near Calne Wiltshire, United Kingdom with 5 fatalities. Cause: Both wings failed from over-stressing...
- Date: September 30, 1954
- Aircraft: Miles M.60 Marathon
- Location: Calne Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Both wings failed from over-stressing during dive recovery (positive G)
An RAF Miles Marathon on a navigation exercise from RAF Thorney Island went into a dive while in cloud, and both outer wings separated. It then hit a field near Calne, Wiltshire, almost vertically on 30 September 1954. All five people on board were killed.