Winter Hill Air Disaster
(1958)
thing and air disaster
Died aged 0
Wikidata WikipediaThe Winter Hill air disaster occurred on 27 February 1958, when the Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, operated by Manx Airlines on a charter flight from the Isle of Man to Manchester, England, crashed during heavy snow into Winter Hill (also known as Rivington Moor), 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Chorley. Thirty-five people died and seven were injured; the cause was determined to be navigational errors.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Commemorating the death of thirty-five members of the motor trade from Isle of Man, whose Bristol Wayfarer crashed near this plaque, 17th February. 1958.
Winter Hill, Horwich, United Kingdom where it was