Avro 696 Shackleton crash, Oct 20, 1961, Ballykelly AFB L...

Avro 696 Shackleton accident on October 20, 1961 near Ballykelly AFB Londonderry, United Kingdom with no fatalities.

A Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton MR 2 on a local training sortie landed at Ballykelly with one engine deliberately shut down. It ran a long way along the runway, left it, and came to rest in flames, and the aircraft was destroyed.

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