Vickers Viking crash, Mar 17, 1955, Harare Harare Province

Vickers Viking accident on March 17, 1955 near Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe with no fatalities.

The Central African Airways Vickers Viking was flying a scheduled service from Johannesburg to Salisbury when it struck the ground short of runway 27 while landing in a thunderstorm. The starboard undercarriage leg broke, the tyre burst and the starboard engine was badly damaged. No one was killed, and the aircraft was written off.

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