Vulcan Down: The 1975 Malta Disaster

The 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan Crash – The Malta Tragedy That Shook the RAF On October 14th, 1975, an RAF Avro Vulcan B2 bomber (XM645) from No. 9 Squadron at RAF Waddington crashed while attempting to land at RAF Luqa, Malta. What began as a routine flight ended in catastrophe when the mighty V-bomber undershot the runway and erupted into a fireball over the town of Żabbar. This video uncovers the full story behind the Malta Vulcan crash, including: Why the RAF was deploying Vulcan bombers to Malta in the 1970s The chain of events that led to the disaster on final approach Details from the official RAF inquiry into what went wrong Join me as we revisit one of the most tragic incidents in RAF history — a disaster that claimed the lives of five crew members and a Maltese civilian, leaving a deep mark on both Malta’s history and the Royal Air Force’s Vulcan legacy. The Wingate Vulcan Disaster    • The Crash of Vulcan XM610: Find Out What H...   Images of the scene kindly agreed by Godfrey Magnion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments are always welcome and I try to respond to as many as possible. Please keep the comments polite and respectful. I reserve the right to remove any comments that breach these guidelines. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits & Attributions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...