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59 of the 444 Viscounts built survive as complete airframes or major components. Some are in very good condition and are looked after by museums while others are just wrecks. They can be found in 24 countries.

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Photo of British United Airways (BUA) Viscount G-APKG
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G-APKG - British United Airways (BUA) - July 1960 to October 1962

Transferred from Transair Ltd due to a corporate merger. Taken at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England 20 July 1960 awaiting repainting with BUA titles.

Photo source - Robin A Walker


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Transair (UK) Ltd Viscount G-APKG
Transair (UK) Ltd

This aircraft c/n 395, a V.804, was built for Transair (UK) Ltd as G-APKG and first flew on Tuesday, 15 April 1958 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British United Airways (BUA)

Its final owner/operator was Polskie Linie Lotnicze (LOT) as SP-LVB.

Its fate:-

Crashed on approach to Okecie Airport, Warsaw, Poland while on a return service from Brussels National Airport, Zaventum, Belgium, via Berlin, West Germany 19 December 1962. The aircraft had departed Berlin at 17:55 and approached at 19:30 for its second attempt to land with a cloud base of 250 metres. When between 60 and 70 metres above the ground it was cleared to land, but just 45 seconds later the aircraft crashed in flames 1.3 km from the runway threshold. The aircraft type was relatively new to the flight crews, SP-LVB had only accumulated 80 hours of flying with LOT - Polskie Linie Lotnicze.

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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