Boeing 727-100 crash, Jan 5, 1969 (50 killed), London-Gat...
Boeing 727-100 accident on January 5, 1969 near London-Gatwick West Sussex, United Kingdom with 50 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error: flap and speed...
- Date: January 5, 1969
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: London-Gatwick West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 50
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error: flap and speed changes during the final approach did not follow the airline procedures, causing the aircraft to fall below the glide slope
Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, a Boeing 727, descended below the glide slope on a night ILS approach to Gatwick in freezing fog. The crew initiated a missed approach too late, and the aircraft hit trees and a house and burned. Fifty people on the ground and aboard were killed.