Accidents and Incidents
- On 20 January 1956, Vickers Viscount G-AMOM of British European Airways crashed on take-off when the training pilot mishandled the controls for the starboard engines when simulating an engine failure on take-off.
- On 1 May 1957 Vickers VC.1 Viking– G-AJBO operated by Eagle Aviation Limited crashed after engine failure near the airport, five crew and 29 passengers died.
As well as there being plane accidents, there have been many fires within the forests, some natural, others, man made.
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Famous quotes containing the words accidents and/or incidents:
“The day-laborer is reckoned as standing at the foot of the social scale, yet he is saturated with the laws of the world. His measures are the hours; morning and night, solstice and equinox, geometry, astronomy, and all the lovely accidents of nature play through his mind.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)