Accidents and Incidents
- On 17 October 1961, a BKS Air Transport Douglas Dakota G-AMVC crashed on a flight from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Carlisle as it approached the airport in low cloud, rain and strong winds. All four crew were killed.
- On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 crashed at Lockerbie. Carlisle was the nearest airport and took 4 movements in the 24 h before the accident, and 196 in the 24 h following the accident: including rescue and media helicopters, a Pan Am Boeing 727, and a United States Air Force C-130 Hercules.
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