Vickers Viking crash, Aug 9, 1961 (39 killed), Mt Holtehe...
Vickers Viking accident on August 9, 1961 near Mt Holteheia Rogaland, Norway with 39 fatalities. Cause: A deviation from the prescribed flight path for...
- Date: August 9, 1961
- Aircraft: Vickers Viking
- Location: Mt Holteheia Rogaland, Norway
- Fatalities: 39
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A deviation from the prescribed flight path for reasons unknown.
A Cunard Eagle Airways Vickers Viking on a charter flight from London Heathrow to Stavanger struck the Holtaheia mountainside in Norway on 9 August 1961 during an instrument approach. All 39 people on board were killed, including 34 schoolboys and two teachers from a Croydon school. The inquiry attributed the crash to a deviation from the prescribed flight path for reasons unknown.