Vickers Viscount crash, Mar 24, 1968 (61 killed), Wexford...
Vickers Viscount accident on March 24, 1968 near Wexford Leinster, Ireland with 61 fatalities. Cause: A 2002 Irish Government board judged that a chain...
- Date: March 24, 1968
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Wexford Leinster, Ireland
- Fatalities: 61
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A 2002 Irish Government board judged that a chain of events began with a left tailplane failure, most likely caused by flutter induced fatigue of the elevator trim tab operating mechanism.
Aer Lingus Flight 712, a Vickers Viscount on a scheduled Cork to London Heathrow service, sent a final garbled transmission while descending and disappeared from radar. Wreckage was found in the sea near Tuskar Rock. All 61 people on board were killed, and the main wreckage was recovered from 39 fathoms of water. No cause was ever determined.