page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United Kingdom
section_title: 1950–1959
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United Kingdom / 1950–1959
caption_attribution_description: BEA Vickers Viscount 701 G-ALWE "RMA Discovery" at Manchester in 1953
context_page_description: This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United Kingdom summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the United Kingdom, with information on airline company with flight number, date, and cause.
  This list is a subset of the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location.
  It is also available grouped
  by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft;
  by airline;
  in alphabetical order.
  This list is dynamic and by no means complete!
  For alternative, more exhaustive lists, see:
  Aircraft Crash Record Office or
  Aviation Safety Network
context_section_description: 1950
  1 February – BOAC Short Solent G-AHIX sank in Southampton water during a test flight, aircraft destroyed but no injuries.
  12 March – Fairflight Avro Tudor G-AKBY stalled and crashed Llandow, Glamorganshire, killing 80 of the 83 people on board.
  21 March – Bristol Freighter G-AHJJ crashed near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales, on a test flight. All four crew killed.
  15 April – BEA Vickers Viking G-AIVL was badly damaged by a bomb that detonated in the rear toilet compartment, but managed to safely land back at Northolt, with pilot I R Harvey being awarded the George Medal.  The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service with BEA.
  17 October – British European Airways Douglas C-47A G-AGIW crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Northolt, Middlesex, killing 28 of the 29 people on board.
  31 October – British European Airways Vickers Viking G-AHPN  crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport, killing 28 of the 30 people on board.
  1951
  8 March – Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Handley Page Halifax G-AJZY was operating a non-scheduled freight flight carrying frozen reindeer carcases when it crashed at Deep Mill Farm, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. All four crew were killed.
  27 March – Air Transport Charter Douglas Dakota G-AJVZ crashed shortly after take-off from Ringway Airport, Manchester, killing four of the six people on board.
  10 July – Air Navigation and Trading Company de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ALXJ crashed into the sea off Laxey, Isle of Man, killing the pilot. The aircraft was operating a scheduled cargo flight from Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool, Lancashire to RAF Jurby instead of its normal destination of Ronaldsway Airport, which was fogbound.
  1952
  10 January – Aer Lingus Douglas Dakota EI-AFL crashed at Cwm Edno, Wales. All 23 people on board were killed.
  14 June – Morton Air Services Airspeed Consul G-AHFT crashed into the sea off Brighton on a charter from Croydon to Le Mans, six killed.
  1953
  1 January – Aer Lingus Douglas Dakota EI-ACF St. Kieran was destroyed when it made a forced landing near Spernall, Warwickshire. There was one serious injury amongst the 25 people on board.
  5 January 1953 – British European Airways Vickers Viking G-AJDL crashed on approach to Nutts Corner Airport, Belfast. Twenty-seven of the 35 people on board were killed.
  28 January – Aquila Airways Short Sunderland G-AGKY capsized and sank off Calshot, Hampshire following a take-off accident in The Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight. All on board were rescued before the aircraft sank.
  1954
  4 February – Ministry of Supply Bristol Britannia G-ALRX, on a test flight from Filton Airport, crashed onto Littleton Flats on the Severn Estuary, aircraft destroyed but no serious injuries.
  19 June – Swissair Convair CV-240 HB-IRW ditched in the English Channel near Folkestone due to fuel exhaustion, killing 3 passengers out of 9 passengers and crew. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Geneva International Airport to London.
  16 August 1954 – Airwork Vickers Viking G-AIXS crashed on approach to Blackbushe Airport. The aircraft was destroyed. There were two serious injuries of the 37 on board.
  6 November – Britavia Handley Page Hermes G-ALDJ crashed on a night approach to Blackbushe Airport in bad weather after a flight from Tripoli. Seven out of 80 passengers and crew died in the crash
  25 December – BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-ALSA crashed on landing at Prestwick Airport, Glasgow, killing 28 of the 36 people on board.
  1956
  20 January – BEA Vickers Viscount G-AMOM crashed on take-off from Blackbushe Airport on a training flight.
  28 March – Starways Douglas DC-3 G-AMRB crashed at Largs, Ayrshire, killing one of the three crew.
  30 April – Scottish Airlines Avro York G-AMUL crashed on take off from London Stansted Airport on a flight to Malta. The accident killed two passengers out of 49 passengers and 5 crew.
  1957
  14 March – British European Airways Vickers Viscount G-ALWE crashed on approach to Ringway Airport, Manchester killing all twenty people on board and a further two on the ground.
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caption: Vickers Viscount G-ALWE, which crashed at Ringway Airport, Manchester in 1957.
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