Vickers Viscount crash, Nov 23, 1988, Tangier-Boukhalef
Vickers Viscount accident on November 23, 1988 near Tangier-Boukhalef, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco with no fatalities. Cause: Aquaplaning on the wet...
- Date: November 23, 1988
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Tangier-Boukhalef, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Aquaplaning on the wet runway, which the investigation did not rule out as the cause of loss of control.
Vickers Viscount G-BBVH of Gibraltar Airways was flying the Gibraltar to Tangier route on 23 November 1988 with 4 crew and 74 passengers. It landed at Tangier Boukhalef in heavy rain with gusty crosswinds, ran about 1,000 metres on the wet runway, left the runway and stopped in a ditch. Everyone aboard escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.