The fatal accident was the crash of Flight 1030X on 14 April 1965 . BUA ( Channel Islands ) Douglas C-47B-20-DK ( registration : G-ANTB ) was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Orly to Jersey . Despite the deteriorating weather conditions at Jersey 's States Airport , the crew decided to continue its approach to runway 27 . This approach was abandoned because runway visual range fell below minima . When the aircraft made a second approach , it struck the outermost pole of the approach light system at a height of , short of the runway threshold . This caused the aircraft to crash into the approach lights and catch fire , which killed 26 of the 27 occupants ( three out of four crew members and all 23 passengers )
the crash of Flight 1030X
British United Airways Flight 1030X
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