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Viscount Survivors


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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Vickers Viscount Network
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Photo of Alitalia Viscount I-LIRS
Italy flag

Italy


I-LIRS - Alitalia - March 1958 to December 1969

Delivered new to Alitalia. Taken at Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy circa June 1963 in a later livery.

Photo source - Archivio Storico Alitalia via Diomiro Certaldi


Aircraft Summary

Photo of Alitalia Viscount I-LIRS
Alitalia

This aircraft c/n 377, a V.785D, was built for Alitalia as I-LIRS and first flew on Tuesday, 11 March 1958 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

Its final owner/operator was Sociedad Anonima Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos (SAETA) as HC-ARS.

Its fate:-

Crashed 660 feet below the peak of the 20,700 ft Chimborazo Volcano while operating a scheduled domestic service from Aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre, Quito to Mariscal Lamar International Airport, Azuay Province, Ecuador 15 August 1976. Despite an intensive search the wreckage could not be found. The wreckage was eventually found 18 February 2003, nearly 27 years later!

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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