Vickers Viscount crash, May 4, 1968, Southend Essex
Vickers Viscount accident on May 4, 1968 near Southend Essex, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Landing at too high a speed for the landing...
- Date: May 4, 1968
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Southend Essex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing at too high a speed for the landing distance available, with reduced braking because a main wheel was locked by the handbrake
A Channel Airways Viscount on a charter from Rotterdam landed too fast on a wet runway at Southend on 4 May 1968. The captain thought the aircraft was aquaplaning and braked, but control was lost, and the aircraft veered off the runway and down an embankment, breaking into several pieces. All 83 occupants were evacuated safely.