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Night the sky turned to flames
CAPTAIN Norman H Shackell and his immaculately groomed flight crew strolled through the doors of the impressive mahogany wooden exterior of Edinburgh Airport’s main terminal building, splendid in their crisp BEA uniforms, ready for another routine night flight.
It was late October 1965, they had just 13 hours’ rest after flying sunseekers home from Palma to Heathrow when news came through that they would be needed 400 miles north. The original crew for the 11.17pm BEA Vanguard Flight G-APEE from Turnhouse to Heathrow was, as fate had it, delayed by atrocious weather. for more click here
