1920 Golders Green Handley Page O/400 crash
< 1920 Golders Green Handley Page O
An O/400 similar to accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 December 1920 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain for unknown reasons |
| Site | Golders Green, London 51°34′13.5″N 0°12′11.07″W / 51.570417°N 0.2030750°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Handley Page O/400 |
| Operator | Handley Page Transport |
| Registration | G-EAMA |
| Flight origin | Cricklewood Aerodrome, London, England |
| Destination | Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France |
| Occupants | 8 |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 4 |
The 1920 Handley Page O/400 crash occurred on 14 December 1920 when a Handley Page Transport Handley Page O/400 on a scheduled passenger flight from London to Paris with two crew and six passengers crashed at Golders Green in North London after take-off from Cricklewood Aerodrome. The crew of two and two passengers were killed in the first fatal accident for the airline since the service had started in December 1919. It was reported as the first recorded airliner crash in history, but a larger airliner had crashed the previous year.