- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 27, 1958
Time: 0945
Location: Horwich, Lancs, England
Operator: Silver City Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Isle of Man - Manchester
AC Type: Bristol 170 Freighter 21
Registration: G-AICS
cn / ln: 12762
Aboard: 42   (passengers:39  crew:3)
Fatalities: 35   (passengers:35  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a mountain near Winter Hill during an approach. The First Officer used the wrong radio beacon (Oldham Becaon instead of on Wigan Beacon).
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