Crash of an Avro 696 Shackleton MR.1 off Tarabet Ness: 14 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 8, 1952
Operator:
Registration:
VP286
Survivors:
No
YOM:
1951
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training sortie when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the Tarbet Ness Lighthouse. All 14 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.
