| Date: | Wednesday 24 August 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 634 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Don Everall Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AMNK |
| MSN: | 210 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 0,7 km off Heraklion-N. Kazantzakis Airport (HER) -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Heraklion-N. Kazantzakis Airport (HER/LGIR) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
Viking G-AMNK was to fly from Birmingham to Aden with en route stops at Marseilles (which was changed to Nice), Brindisi, Heraklion, Cairo and Jeddah. It arrived at Heraklion at 01:54. After having been cleared for departure, the plane took off from runway 27 and became airborne after a long, 1800 m, ground run. While climbing through 90-100 feet engine sounds indicated some problems. At 650 m past the runway end the aircraft began to loose height and banked left. It then crashed into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the engine failure was not established but the most likely reason appears to be a defective fuel or ignition system. The reason why it was not possible for the aircraft to maintain safe flight after the failure of the engine remains unknown."
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