Accidents and Incidents
- 15 April 1965, Viking G-AHOY tipped on its nose at Manston damaging its propellors and then its tailwheel and the surrounding structure when it fell back. It was later found necessary to change an engine.
- 2 August 1965, Viking G-AHPL tipped onto its nose during a rejected take-off at Manston. Repairs took a month to complete.
- 20 June 1966, DC-4 G-APID suffered the collapse of its nosewheel when taxiing for take-off from Manston.
- 10 April 1973 - Invicta International Airlines Flight 435, a Vickers Vanguard 952 from Bristol Lulsgate to Basle-Mulhouse, ploughed into a snowy, forested hillside near Hochwald, Solothurn, Switzerland. It somersaulted and broke up, killing 108 with 40 survivors. Many of the passengers were women from the Somerset, England villages of Axbridge, Cheddar, Winscombe and Congresbury.
- 3 May 1975, During a flight from Luton Airport to Exeter Airport, the control column of Vanguard G-BAFK became detached from the instrument panel. The co-pilot made a safe landing.
- 5 April 1980, the starboard undercarriage of Vanguard G-AOVF failed to retract on take-off from Ponta Delgada Airport, Portugal. A safe landing was made at Manston, where it was discovered that there was a 2 feet (610 mm) crack in the bogie beam.
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