- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 04, 1948
Time: 1600
Location: Northolt, Middlesex, England
Operator: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Flight #: ?
Route: Stockholm - Amsterdam - Northolt
AC Type: Douglas DC-6 / RAF York
Registration: SE-BDA/ MW248
cn / ln: 43119/111
Aboard: 39   (passengers:26  crew:13)
Fatalities: 39   (passengers:26  crew:13)
Ground: 0
Summary: A midair collision occurred between a SAS DC-6 and a Royal Air Force Avro York MW248. Twenty-five passengers and 7 crew on the DC-6, one passenger and six crew on the York. The accident was caused by human fallibility on the part of both ground and flilght personnel.
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