| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 19, 1949 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Location: | Oldham, England |
| Operator: | British European Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Belfast - Manchester |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | G-AHCY |
| cn / ln: | 12355 |
| Aboard: | 24 (passengers:21 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 24 (passengers:21 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into a cloud shrouded 1,500 ft. mountain 15 nm short of its destination. Navigational error and improper approach procedure. Failure to check the position of the aircraft accurately before descent from a safe altitude. |
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