Editing Vickers VC.1 Viking (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
{{Main|List of accidents and incidents involving the Vickers VC.1 Viking}}
Of the 163 aircraft built 56 aircraft were lost in accidents – the following were some notable accidents:
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1948|04|05|df=y}}|event=G-AIVP operated by [[British European Airways]] [[1948 Gatow air disaster|collided with a Soviet]] [[Yak-3]] near Berlin, 15 killed.}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1948|04|21|df=y}}|event=[[British European Airways Flight S200P]] (G-AIVE) crashed on approach to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport. No one was killed but 14 were injured.[[File:British European Airways Vickers Viking G-AIVE Remains - geograph.org.uk - 1240942.jpg|right|thumb|Wreckage of G-AIVE at the crash site of [[British European Airways Flight S200P]], photographed ''in situ'' in 2007]]}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1949|02|08|df=y}}|event=OY-DLU operated by [[Det Danske Luftfartselskab]] (DDL) crashed into the sea off [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, with the loss of all 27 occupants.<ref name="ASN1949">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490208-0 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 628 Viking 1B OY-DLU Barsebäck (Öresund)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130193132/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490208-0 |date=30 January 2012 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1950|10|31|df=y}}|event=G-AHPN operated by [[British European Airways]] crashed during a Ground Control Approach landing in bad visibility ({{convert|40|-|50|yd}}) at London [[RAF Northolt|Northolt airport]], England. The pilot failed to overshoot and 25 passengers and three crew died. It was subsequently recommended that it be an offence for aircraft to go below a minimum height when ground visibility was low.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%202119.html "Lessons from an Accident."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102080427/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%202119.html |date=2 November 2012 }} "[[Flight International|Flight]]", 19 October 1951, pp. 218–219. Retrieved: 6 August 2011.</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1952|02|17|df=y}}|event=G-AHPI operated by Hunting Air Travel flew into the La Cinta mountain range, Italy, with the loss of all 31 occupants.<ref name="ASN1952">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520217-0 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 614 Viking 1 G-AHPI Monte la Cinta"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024161842/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520217-0 |date=24 October 2012 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1953|01|05|df=y}}|event=G-AJDL operated by British European Airways [[1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident|crashed on approach]] at [[Belfast]]-[[RAF Nutts Corner|Nutts Corner Airport]], Northern Ireland, three crew and 24 passengers died.<ref name="ASN1953">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530105-0 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 610 Viking 1B G-AJDL Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625014714/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530105-0 |date=25 June 2011 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref><ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200999.html "Finding of the Nutt's Corner Inquiry"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104120820/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200999.html |date=4 November 2012 }}. ''[[Flight International|Flight]]'', 31 July 1953, p. 153.</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1953|08|12|df=y}}|event=G-AIVG operated by British European Airways crashed on take-off at [[Le Bourget]]-[[Paris]], France, four crew and 30 passengers injured but survived.<ref name="ASN1953 2">[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530812-1 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 610 Viking 1B G-AIVG Paris Le Bourget Airport"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025123/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530812-1 |date=25 March 2017 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1957|05|01|df=y}}|event=G-AJBO operated by [[Eagle Aviation Limited|Eagle Aviation]] [[1957 Blackbushe Viking accident|crashed after engine failure]] near [[Blackbushe Airport]], England, five crew and 29 passengers died.}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1958|09|02|df=y}}|event=G-AIJE operated by Independent Air Travel [[1958 London Vickers Viking accident|crashed into a house]] as the flight crew were trying to return to [[London Heathrow Airport]] after reporting engine problems. All three crew died and four on the ground also died.<ref>''Flight'' 21 August 1959, p. 58.</ref>}}
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1961|08|09|df=y}}|event=G-AHPM operated by [[Cunard Eagle Airways]] [[Hotlaheia Accident|crashed into a mountainside]] near [[Holta]] on approach to [[Stavanger Airport, Sola#Accidents|Stavanger Airport, Sola]] in Norway with the loss of all 39 occupants.<ref name="ASN1961">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610809-1 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 610 Viking 3B G-AHPM Stavanger"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606092130/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610809-1 |date=6 June 2011 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref> The Norwegian report on the incident<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%202258.html|title=Flight International 4 October 1962 "Stavanger Accident Report"|website=flightglobal.com|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164239/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%202258.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=42626|title=British Pathe News|website=britishpathe.com|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829170242/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=42626|archive-date=29 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> concluded that the pilot was off-course for unknown reasons. The 50th anniversary was marked by a book published in summer 2011, ''The Lanfranc Boys'' by Rosalind Jones, sister of Quentin Green, one of the victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanfranc-holtaheia.co.uk/|title=Stavanger Aircrash|first=Chris|last=Jones|website=lanfranc-holtaheia.co.uk|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913035202/http://lanfranc-holtaheia.co.uk/|archive-date=13 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}} The aircraft carried 34 boys and 2 members of staff from [[The Archbishop Lanfranc School]] in [[Croydon]].
* {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1963|09|11|df=y}}|event=F-BJER operated by [[Airnautic]] crashed into a mountain in the [[Pyrenees]] with the loss of all 40 occupants, the worst Viking accident.<ref name="ASN1963">[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630911-2 "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 610 Viking 1B F-BJER Pic de la Roquette"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104073502/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630911-2 |date=4 November 2012 }} ''aviation-safety.net.''</ref>}}