Commemoration Cache Traditional Cache
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This Cache has been placed in Remembrance of the Seventy Two people
that died on the 4th of June 1967 close to this location in an
Aircraft disaster. There are two memorial stones located near this
Cache, please do not rumage around these stones, the Cache is no
where near them. Please be careful looking for this Cache as there
is quite a steep hill nearby. Please replace the Cache as it was
found as this is an urban area and we do not want this Cache to be
muggled.
The
aircraft, which had been chartered by Arrowsmith Holidays Ltd, left
Palma de Mallorca at 5:00 am, carrying holidaymakers back from the
Balearic Islands to Manchester Airport. The approach controller
vectored it towards the ILS as soon as it reached the Congleton
NDB, but the pilots were apparently unable to put the aircraft on
the extended runway centreline and called an overshoot. As the
aircraft was making a second approach to the airport, the Nos. 3
and 4 engines suddenly cut out over the town of Stockport and the
No. 4 propeller began to windmill. The aircraft became
uncontrollable and crashed at 10:09 am local time in an open area
between buildings close to the town centre. Despite the crash
occurring in an overwhelmingly urban area, there were no fatalities
on the ground. Members of the public and police risked harm to save
12 people from the mangled debris, but within minutes the wreckage
was entirely engulfed in flames, killing those remaining on board
who had survived the impact. In 1998 a memorial plaque was unveiled
(by two survivors) at the scene of the accident. It bears the
legend: IN MEMORY OF THE SEVENTY TWO PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES IN THE STOCKPORT AIR DISASTER 4th JUNE 1967 In 2002 a
campaign was launched to create a further memorial at the site,
commemorating rescuers who risked their lives to pull survivors
from the burning aeroplane; the campaign was supported by the then
Prime Minister Tony Blair. The second memorial, dedicated to the
rescuers, was unveiled in October 2002. Both memorials will be
moved a short distance under current plans to redevelop the site.
The regeneration project will include 375 apartments, workshops,
retail and office space and a new public square. The memorials,
currently on the corner of Hopes Carr and Waterloo Road, would be
moved to a site overlooking Hempshaw Valley.
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