13th December 1980

HAIR 43 55n 30w 14:50 F270 56n 20w 15:22, 56n 10w 16:14, MAC (Machrinanish) next. Changing to Scottish on 324.4 UHF.

USAF, KC-135(?) with HAIR 44, working Croughton Airways on 9011

CFC 762 58n 20w 16:02 F330, 58n 30w 16:47, 58n 40w next, SelCal FMJL

Canadian Air Force, CC-137, 13703 working Shanwick on 5624

N50PG 52n 30w 16:38 F410 53n 20w 17:28, 53n 15w 17:51, destination Shannon

Falcon 50, N50PG working Shanwick on 8945

7th December 1980

RNoAF 6603 69.30n 10e 09:59, F240, 69.30n 00 10:39, 69n 10w 11:26, 68n 20w 12:23, now at F240. Routing via 63.30n 39w, NA, 59n 50w, Goose Bay airways to KNHZ (Brunswick NAS).

Royal Norwegian Air Force, P-3, 603 (copied via Bodo on 8910)

VP-VAI called by Shanwick on 8910 and 5624, no response
Shanwick advised Iceland that the flight was working Scottish Airways on VHF but lost contact and has now come onto the ocean without any oceanic clearance.
RFR (RAFair) 99XO also tried to call the flight on 56.38 and 121.5 VHF and 127.5 VHF, but no joy.
Eventually LH451 raised the flight on 122.2 VHF and advised Shanwick that the flight has no digital HF, only channel based and does not know what frequency to call on; now at 11w.
Estimating 61n 12.34w 11:55, descending to F080 and asked to call Iceland on 127.9 VHF on 61n

Mustique Airways, Beech 58 Baron, VP-VAI.

This aircraft was initially registered as F-ODMJ in 1980 and routed Gander - Shannon on 06/09/1980 and then onto Paris, Le Bourget on 09/09/1980. It was reserved as ZS-KMN but never taken up.
It returned westbound from Le Bourget to Stornoway on 06/09/1980 and then onto Reykjavik  as per the above report.
Late in 1982 the VP- marks were changed to J8- and noted at Miami as such on 06/10/1982.

[Photo: wearing its J8- marks, © Rosedale7175]

[Thanks to Bernard MacNamara for providing the history details]

6th December 1980

CGQTH 65n 60w 16:12 F230, ST 16:55, 66n 50w 17:13, 66n 40w 18:09, KK (Kulusuk, 65.34n 37.12w) 18:26, 65n 30w next
(Copied with Iceland on 8910)

Austin Airways, HS.748, C-GQTH on a ferry flight from Ontario to Denmark, see letter below:-

[Copy of a letter received from Director of Flight Operations, Austin Airways, regarding this flight]

 

[Photo: C-GQTH at Toronto on 28/09/1986 © Caz Caswell]

 

This aircraft (c/n 1617) started its service life with Del Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile as CC-CEF on 15/12/1967 and then sold to Austin Airways in May 1979, as C-GQTH, arriving in Canada on 16/07/1979. Leased to Maersk Air, as per above report. Registered as OY-MBH; left Copenhagen on 27/03/1981 for Stansted, where it was repainted as C-GQTH. Delivered back to Canada, via Reykjavik on 4/4/1981 and later sold to Ilford Riverton Airways in January 1984.

Finally owned by Air Manitoba, with whom it was written off after take-off from Sandy Lake Airport, Canada on 10/11/1993, with the loss of seven lives.

The aircraft departed r/w 29 at Sandy Lake and entered a right turn and after passing through 120°, the aircraft descended into 100' trees and crashed.



 

 

BAW 287 UZ (Cape Hooper, 68.28n 66.47w) 16:15, F 370 67.27n 80w 16:54, YUT (Repulse Bay, 66.32n 86.15w) 17:13, 65.49n 90w 17:23, SelCal BDAJ

 

British Airways, B.747-236, G-BDXB, working Cambridge Bay on 8910