2. 1950: Where did the plane that carried the rugby players from Wales crash?
From Quiz Ten Major Events from 1950-1959
Answer:
Sigingstone
On March 12, 1950, an Avro 689 Tudor V airplane, flying out of Dublin Airport in Ireland to return the Welsh Rugby team to Wales, which initially only held 72 people, was renovated to fit 78 people and took off with good weather clearance. It was preparing to land too low in Llanddow in Sigingstone, South Wales, when the pilot managed to get the plane back up, but the airplane then stalled. It then just fell to the ground. The right wing of the aircraft hit the ground first, then the left wing and nose, which got separated from the main part of the plane.
Two passengers in the add-on seats were completely unharmed. Another man, who was using the airplane bathroom, was hospitalized for four months after being knocked out, but also survived. Everyone else, eighty passengers died, 72 died instantly, and the other eight died later in the hospitals from injuries obtained in the crash.
The cause of the plane crashing was determined to be the renovating to add the extra people.