- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 06, 1962
Time: 1329
Location: St. Boniface Down, England
Operator: Channel Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Jersey, Channel Islands - Portsmouth, England
AC Type: Douglas C-47A
Registration: G-AGZB
cn / ln: 12180
Aboard: 18   (passengers:15  crew:3)
Fatalities: 12   (passengers:9  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane descended to 1,000 ft while approaching Portsmouth in low clouds and drizzle and stuck St. Boniface and bust into flames. Pilot error. Crew flew below minimum safe altitude.
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