1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident

The Transair Douglas Dakota accident was an aircraft accident that occurred on 19 August 1959, when a Douglas Dakota operated by British airline Transair on a non-scheduled flight from Barcelona Airport in Spain to London-Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom crashed in Spain.Upon arrival, the Spanish Civil Guard found the wreckage of the aircraft had been burnt out by a post-impact fire.[2] The Director-General also stated that the evidence did not indicate that Spanish Air Traffic Control personnel were responsible for the crash through their actions in any way.Accordingly, the British Air Ministry, also investigating the crash, resolved to close the case without allocating responsibility.[2] It was concluded that the pilot should not have entered cloud without advising air traffic control that he required an instrument flight clearance; it was presumed that the pilot was unaware that Turó de l'Home, 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) in height, was in the path of the aircraft at the time the Dakota entered the clouds.
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