In the early morning of 25 December 1954 the RMS Cathay, a British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, crashed upon landing at Prestwick Airport killing 28 people. The aircraft had been on a flight from Heathrow Airport to New York with scheduled stop-overs at Manchester and Prestwick airports.  Due to bad weather the Manchester stop was cancelled.  The scheduled … Continue reading The 1954 Prestwick Air Disaster