| 词条 | Winter Hill air disaster |
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name=Winter Hill air disaster| Crash image=Bristol 170.21 G-AGVC Silver City Ringway 29.05.55.jpg| Image caption= A Bristol Freighter Mark 21 of Silver City Airways at Manchester Airport| Date=27 February 1958| Type=Controlled flight into terrain| occurrence_type=Accident| Site=Winter Hill, England| Coordinates = {{coord|53.629|-2.513|type:event_region:GB|display=inline,title}}| Fatalities=35| Injuries= 7| Origin= Ronaldsway Airport| Destination= Manchester Airport| Aircraft Type=Bristol Type 170 Freighter| Operator=Silver City Airways| Tail Number=G-AICS| Passengers=39| Crew=3| Survivors =7| }} The Winter Hill air disaster occurred on 27 February 1958 when the Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, traveling from the Isle of Man to Manchester, England, crashed into Winter Hill (also known as Rivington Moor) several hundred yards away from the Independent Television Authority's Winter Hill transmitting station.[1] Thirty-five people died and seven were injured.[2] The ICAO report[3] states that the accident occurred at 09.15 in the morning. At this time, the weather was so severe that none of the engineers working in the ITA transmitting station were aware of the crash.[4] Several feet of snow hampered rescue efforts, and a snow cat vehicle had to be diverted from the A6 to cut a path for emergency vehicles though the track had been cleared by people using spades by the time it arrived. BackgroundThe flight was essentially a charter flight from Ronaldsway Airport in the Isle of Man to Manchester Ringway Airport for a group of mainly Motor Traders to visit the Manchester Exide Battery Factory and Manchester car show.[5] CrashPassengers and CrewThirty-five of the passengers were killed, the majority connected with the Isle of Man motor trade. The three crew were among the seven that survived with injuries. InvestigationThe error of the first officer in tuning the radio compass on Oldham Beacon instead of on Wigan Beacon was the probable cause.{{fact|date=February 2018}} Sources1. ^{{ASN accident|id=19580227-0}} {{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/pennines/penninesg-aics.htm |title=Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21E G-AICS |author=Alan Clark |work=Crash Sites in the Pennines |publisher=Peak District Air Accident Research |accessdate=2 August 2010}} 3. ^ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (83–92) 4. ^Survivors relive Winter Hill crash horror Retrieved on 31 January 2016 5. ^1 Steve Poole Rough Landing or Fatal Flight. A history of aircraft accidents on, or over and around the Isle of Man (1999) (1st Edition) Manx Heritage Foundation Amulree Publications {{ISBN|1-901508-03-X}} 13 : Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain|Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather|Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958|Aviation accidents and incidents in England|Disasters in Lancashire|1958 meteorology|Accidents and incidents involving the Bristol Freighter|Silver City Airways accidents and incidents|1958 disasters in the United Kingdom|1958 in England|20th century in Lancashire|February 1958 events|Airliner accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom |
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