ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206679
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| Date: | Sunday 3 August 1980 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | airplane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Irish Sea, south east of the Isle of Man -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Isle of Man Airport, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) |
| SE England | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
According to a contemporary newspaper report (New York Times 3 August 1980 - see link #1):
"LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuters)--The authorities called off an air-and-sea search of the Irish Sea tonight for a light plane carrying a man, a woman and two children. The woman was identified as Carole Spiers, a friend of the British artist T.S. Lowry and the inheritor of the bulk of his $660,000 estate".
According to other newspaper reports, Carole Spiers was the sole survivor: the pilot John Spiers (her husband) and her two children were the three fatalities (all three drowned)
Sources:
1. Hamburger Abendblatt 4 August 1980: https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/nachrichten-vom-4-8-1980.html
2. New York Times 3 August 1980: https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/03/archives/4-people-lost-in-irishsea-crash.html
3. Daily Express Monday 4 August 1980
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2018 13:06 | TB | Added |
| 27-Jul-2022 13:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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