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Peter Seemann) The crash of “Papa India” at Staines On 18 June 1972 just less than four years after having its tail torn off at Heathrow G-ARPI crashed killing 118 passengers and crew in what was then the worst ever British airliner accident. G-ATNA leaving Tempelhof. The Trident 1E was not adopted for the German internal services. It was delivered in full PIA livery in March 1966 and sold to China in July 1970 and is now preserved. indd 40 12/11/2014 09:36 THE TRIDENT 1C IN SERVICE WITH BEA The wreckage of the aircraft was transported to Farnborough and reassembled.

Cockpit Voice Recorders were not then fitted to aircraft and this absence was to make a full analysis The rear fuselage of G-ARPT was entirely torn off after Ambassador G-AMAH crashed into it at Heathrow on 3 July 1978. The Trident was written off. (Author’s collection) G-ARPI was also seriously damaged when the Ambassador collided with it and only returned to service seven months later. indd 41 12/11/2014 09:36 The ill-fated G-ARPI taxis out to take off. On 18 June 1972 it crashed at Staines, just after taking off from Heathrow.

Payload range was better too and although take off and landing performance was not very different from those of the Trident 1C, hot and high climb out performance was significantly better. With comparable payloads and fuel for similar ranges, the new Trident could fly out of smaller airfields than the earlier aircraft. Although the 1E’s fuselage was the same length as the 1C, it accommodated more passengers through refinement of the cabin design, the removal of the middle cabin service door and by rearrangement of the vestibules following the adoption of up-and-over doors instead of the 1C’s inward opening doors, which were a very inefficient use of space.

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