Vickers Viscount crash, Aug 20, 1965 (4 killed), Jeuk Lim...
Vickers Viscount accident on August 20, 1965 near Jeuk Limburg, Belgium with 4 fatalities. Cause: Investigators found no direct cause for the loss of...
- Date: August 20, 1965
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Jeuk Limburg, Belgium
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Investigators found no direct cause for the loss of control, and the assumed cause was entry into a cumulonimbus cloud with possible turbulence.
A LOT Viscount on a non scheduled IFR positioning flight from Lille to Wroclaw flew into an area of severe weather near Jeuk, Belgium. It lost altitude and broke apart in flight before hitting the ground. All four crew members were killed.