Vickers plane crashes

641 crashes involving Vickers aircraft since 1917, with 3,620 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 641
Fatal crashes: 350
Fatalities: 3,620
First recorded: August 25, 1917
Most recent: April 27, 2003

Deadliest

April 10, 1973: Vickers Vanguard, Hochwald Solothurn, Switzerland (108 fatalities)
November 20, 1969: Vickers VC-10, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Lagos, Nigeria (87 fatalities)
July 24, 1992: Vickers Viscount, Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia (70 fatalities)
November 10, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Padang West Sumatra, Indonesia (69 fatalities)
October 2, 1971: Vickers Vanguard, Aarsele West Flanders, Belgium (63 fatalities)

Models

Countries

Years

1940 (93)
1939 (37)
1942 (34)
1941 (26)
1952 (26)
1951 (23)
1953 (20)
1943 (19)
1954 (17)
1946 (16)
1956 (16)
1957 (15)

All crashes (page 1 of 7)

April 27, 2003: Vickers Viscount, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
July 24, 2001: Vickers Viscount, N'Djamena, N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1997: Vickers Viscount, Bunia, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (23 fatalities)
March 24, 1996: Vickers Viscount, Belfast-Aldergrove, Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 25, 1994: Vickers Viscount, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 28, 1992: Vickers Viscount, Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1992: Vickers Viscount, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (4 fatalities)
July 24, 1992: Vickers Viscount, Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia (70 fatalities)
March 31, 1991: Vickers Viscount, Medellín-José María Córdova (Rionegro), Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
February 6, 1989: Vickers Vanguard, Marseille-Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (3 fatalities)
February 6, 1989: Vickers Vanguard, Marseille-Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (3 fatalities)
December 31, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tshikapa, Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tshikapa, Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tangier-Boukhalef, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tangier-Boukhalef, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 29, 1988: Vickers Vanguard, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France (0 fatalities)
January 29, 1988: Vickers Vanguard, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Bloomington-Monroe County, Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Bloomington-Monroe County, Indiana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Ambon-Pattimura, Maluku, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1984: Vickers Viscount, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1984: Vickers Viscount, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
August 18, 1984: Vickers Varsity, Marchington, Staffordshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
August 18, 1984: Vickers Varsity, Marchington, Staffordshire, United Kingdom (11 fatalities)
December 11, 1983: Vickers Varsity, El Paso-West Texas, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1983: Vickers Varsity, El Paso-West Texas, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1982: Vickers Viscount, Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1982: Vickers Viscount, Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1982: Vickers Viscount, Quetame, Cundinamarca, Colombia (21 fatalities)
March 26, 1982: Vickers Viscount, Quetame, Cundinamarca, Colombia (21 fatalities)
August 27, 1981: Vickers Viscount, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia (50 fatalities)
August 27, 1981: Vickers Viscount, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia (50 fatalities)
May 1, 1981: Vickers Viscount, Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
May 1, 1981: Vickers Viscount, Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
August 26, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia (37 fatalities)
August 26, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia (37 fatalities)
July 17, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Exeter, Devonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Exeter, Devonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Catamayo, Loja, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Catamayo, Loja, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1979: Vickers Viscount, Kirkwall Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1979: Vickers Viscount, Shell Pastaza, Ecuador (57 fatalities)
February 12, 1979: Vickers Viscount, Kariba Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe (59 fatalities)
September 3, 1978: Vickers Viscount, Kariba Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe (48 fatalities)
June 10, 1978: Vickers Viscount, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne Montserrado, Liberia (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1977: Vickers Viscount, Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar Azuay, Ecuador (24 fatalities)
December 14, 1977: Vickers Viscount, Bucaramanga-Palonegro Santander, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1977: Vickers Viscount, Stockholm-Bromma Uppland, Sweden (22 fatalities)
August 15, 1976: Vickers Viscount, Mt Chimborazo Chimborazo, Ecuador (59 fatalities)
January 7, 1976: Vickers Viscount, Manado-Sam Ratulangi North Sulawesi, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1975: Vickers Viscount, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (27 fatalities)
May 11, 1975: Vickers Viscount, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque-Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
March 15, 1975: Vickers Viscount, Phnom Penh-Pochentong Phnom Penh, Cambodia (4 fatalities)
February 1, 1975: Vickers Viscount, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1974: Vickers Viscount, Porlamar Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (48 fatalities)
June 8, 1974: Vickers Viscount, Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Norte de Santander, Colombia (44 fatalities)
November 27, 1973: Vickers Varsity, Little Rissington AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1973: Vickers Viscount, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1973: Vickers Viscount, Salvador-Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhães (ex Dois de Julho) Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1973: Vickers Viscount, Mosul Nīnawā (Nineveh), Iraq (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1973: Vickers Vanguard, Hochwald Solothurn, Switzerland (108 fatalities)
January 19, 1973: Vickers Viscount, Mt Ben More Perthshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 27, 1972: Vickers Viscount, Noirétable Loire, France (60 fatalities)
August 24, 1972: Vickers Viscount, Akyab Rakhine State, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1972: Vickers VC-10, Addis Ababa-Bole Addis Ababa City District, Ethiopia (43 fatalities)
January 28, 1972: Vickers Viscount, Bournemouth-Hurn Dorset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 28, 1972: Vickers VC-10, London-Gatwick West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 21, 1972: Vickers Viscount, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (20 fatalities)
December 28, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat) Puy-de-Dôme, France (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Padang West Sumatra, Indonesia (69 fatalities)
November 1, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Maracaibo-La Chinita Zulia, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
October 2, 1971: Vickers Vanguard, Aarsele West Flanders, Belgium (63 fatalities)
August 9, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Jaipur Rajasthan, India (0 fatalities)
August 8, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Honolulu Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
January 25, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Mérida Mérida, Venezuela (13 fatalities)
June 3, 1970: Vickers Viscount, Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar Azuay, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1970: Vickers Viscount, Mogadishu Banaadir, Somalia (5 fatalities)
January 22, 1970: Vickers Viscount, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 19, 1970: Vickers Viscount, Bristol-Lulsgate Somerset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1969: Vickers VC-10, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed Lagos, Nigeria (87 fatalities)
October 26, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv District, Israel (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1969: Vickers Varsity, Oakington Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Honolulu Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
April 7, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Seven Islands Quebec, Canada (1 fatality)
March 20, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Manchester-Ringway Great Manchester, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
February 20, 1969: Vickers Viscount, East Midlands Leicestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 2, 1969: Vickers Viscount, Ankara-Esenboğa Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1968: Vickers Viscount, Port Hedland Western Australia, Australia (26 fatalities)
September 15, 1968: Vickers Viscount, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (3 fatalities)
August 9, 1968: Vickers Viscount, Langenbruck Bavaria, Germany (48 fatalities)