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On 16 February 1980 a Bristol Britannia C Mk.1, registered G-BRAC, crashed after departure from Boston-Logan due to ice and snow on the aircraft; seven of the eight occupants died, including the spouse of a serving airman at RAF Belize.
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The crash of the Britannia in 1980 led to the purchase of a Canadair CL-44 from British Cargo Airlines. Delay in acquiring the aircraft from the
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and subsequent engine problems led to cash flow issues and in 1982 the company entered
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was a British cargo airline between 1976 and 1982 with headquarters at
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In 1980 one of the company's Britannia aircraft was used in a
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aircraft (including at least one previously operated by
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National Transport Safety Board Report NTSB-AAR81-03
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Index

IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Hubs
Luton Airport
Horley
Horley
Luton Airport
Bristol Britannia
Geminair
Transport Command
Air Faisal
Ministry of Defence
official receiver
voluntary liquidation

Bristol Britannia
Canadair CL-44
BBC
Buccaneer
List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
"Redcoat stops trading"
UK CAA Registration Document for G-AOVS
UK CAA Registration Document for G-BRED
IMDB Buccaneer (1980)
National Transport Safety Board Report NTSB-AAR81-03
ISBN
0-907178-69-3
Remembering the Billerica plane crash of 1980
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