Date: 3 March 1974
Flight: G-ASCO
Aircraft: Vickers VC10
Location: Schiphol Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Is British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Safe?
We track reported incidents for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). This page lists 36 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 3 March 1974
Date: 3 August 1971
Flight: Flight 600
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Location: Denver
Summary: Bomb threat
Date: 12 September 1970
Flight: Flight 775
Aircraft: Vickers VC10
Location: Zarka , Jordan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 8 April 1968
Flight: Flight 712 Whisky Echo
Aircraft: Boeing 707-465
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 5 March 1966
Flight: Flight 911
Aircraft: Boeing 707-436
Location: Mount Fuji , Japan
Summary: Clear-air turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 24 December 1960
Flight: G-APFN
Aircraft: Boeing 707-436
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 24 December 1958
Flight: G-AOVD
Aircraft: Bristol Britannia 312
Location: Winkton, England
Summary: CFIT , pilot error
Date: 24 June 1956
Flight: G-ALHE
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Location: near Kano Airport
Summary: Windshear
Date: 21 September 1955
Flight: G-ALHL
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Location: Tripoli Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 25 December 1954
Flight: G-ALSA RMA Cathay
Aircraft: Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser
Location: Prestwick Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 13 March 1954
Flight: G-ALAM Belfast
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Kallang Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway, pilot fatigue
Date: 10 January 1954
Flight: Flight 781
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Summary: Metal fatigue, in-flight breakup
Date: 25 July 1953
Flight: G-ALYR
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: Calcutta
Summary: Ran off runway
Date: 2 May 1953
Flight: Flight 783
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: near Calcutta
Summary: Weather, in-flight breakup
Date: 26 October 1952
Flight: Flight 115
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1A
Location: Ciampino Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 26 May 1952
Flight: Flight 251
Aircraft: Handley Page Hermes IV
Location: 71 mi SSE of Atar, Mauritania
Summary: Navigation error, fuel exhaustion, forced landing
Date: 23 August 1947
Flight: G-AHZB
Aircraft: Short Sandringham 5
Location: Bahrain Marine Air Base
Summary: Pilot error, hard landing
Date: 16 July 1947
Flight: G-AGNR
Aircraft: Avro York C.1
Location: Az-Zubair, Iran
Summary: Weather, pilot error, ATC error
Date: 11 January 1947
Flight: G-AGJX
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Stowting , Kent
Summary: Weather, pilot error, crew error
Date: 14 August 1946
Flight: G-AGHT
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Luqa Airport
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, double engine failure
Date: 23 March 1946
Flight: G-AGLX (operated by Qantas)
Aircraft: Avro Lancastrian 1
Location: Indian Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 29 August 1944
Flight: G-AGIH
Aircraft: Lockheed C-60A
Location: Mount Kinnekulle
Summary: Low visibility, radio failure, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 17 December 1943
Flight: G-AGDE
Aircraft: Lockheed 18–56 Lodestar
Location: 15 mi off Leuchars , Scotland
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 November 1943
Flight: G-AGIB
Aircraft: Short Sunderland III
Location: 75 mi SSW of Sollum, Libya
Summary: Electrical problems, in-flight fire, wing separation
Date: 28 July 1943
Flight: G-AGES
Aircraft: Short Sunderland III
Location: near Brandon , Ireland
Summary: CFIT
Date: 30 June 1943
Flight: FK618 (leased from RAF)
Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson VI
Location: near Khartoum
Summary: Possible overloading, loss of control
Date: 16 June 1943
Flight: FK459 (leased from RAF)
Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson VI
Location: Khartoum Civil Airport
Summary: Possible fuel starvation, engine failure, loss of control
Date: 1 June 1943
Flight: Flight 777 (operated by KLM)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-194
Location: Bay of Biscay
Summary: Attacked by German fighters
Date: 4 April 1943
Flight: G-AGEJ
Aircraft: Lockheed C-56B
Location: Atlantic Ocean off Denmark
Summary: Shot down by German fighter
Date: 23 March 1943
Flight: G-AGDA Dog-Able
Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Location: Poole Harbor
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 15 February 1943
Flight: G-AFYE
Aircraft: de Havilland Flamingo
Location: Asmara, Eritrea
Summary: Went into a dive
Date: 9 January 1943
Flight: G-AFCK Golden Horn
Aircraft: Short G Class
Location: Tagus River off Lisbon
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 24 September 1942
Flight: G-AFCZ Australia
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Atlantic Ocean off Senegal
Summary: Unknown (loss of control or in-flight explosion)
Date: 29 December 1941
Flight: G-ADUX Cassiopeia
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Sabang, Indonesia
Summary: Struck debris on takeoff
Date: 23 May 1940
Flight: G-ADSZ
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Ensign 1
Location: Merville Airport
Summary: Attacked by German fighter, stall, loss of control
Date: 21 December 1939
Flight: G-AFYU
Aircraft: Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Location: off Malta
Summary: Water ditching