Aircraft Photo of VP-YNE | Vickers 748D Viscount | Central African Airways - CAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VP-YNE
Aircraft Original Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:	Vickers 748D Viscount
C/n (msn):	102
Operator Titles:	Central African Airways - CAA
Aircraft Name:	RMA Mpika

Location
City / Airport:	London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EGLL IATA: LHR Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	April 1958
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	527134

Photo Comment
Central African Airways replaced their Vikings on the Zambezi service from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia to London, UK with Viscounts in the late 1950s. VP-YNE was one of them. On 9 August 1958 it came to grief on approach to Benghazi in Libya. 36 people died in the accident. This photo was added on 7 December 2022, and has since been viewed 585 times.

Photo Comment

Central African Airways replaced their Vikings on the Zambezi service from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia to London, UK with Viscounts in the late 1950s. VP-YNE was one of them. On 9 August 1958 it came to grief on approach to Benghazi in Libya. 36 people died in the accident.

This photo was added on 7 December 2022, and has since been viewed 585 times.

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