Table Mountain (Wicklow)
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Plane crash
On the afternoon of 7 March 1957, between 12:30 and 12:45pm, a Percival Provost training plane crashed into the slopes of Table Mountain in thick fog resulting in the death of its pilot, an Irish Air Corps lieutenant.[5] The pilot was 21-year-old Patrick L. O'Connor, of Clooneyquin, Castlerea, County Roscommon.[5] The plane had left Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin at 11:15am that morning for an intended training flight over the counties of Offaly and Wicklow, but was believed to have lost contact with the control tower shortly after departure.[5] The explosion was heard by forestry workers on nearby Conavalla Mountain who rushed to assist and were able to raise the alarm.[5] Parts of the aircraft, which were scattered over an area of 80 yards, still remained on the slopes of the mountain as of 2010.[6]
Bibliography
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See also
- Wicklow Way
- Wicklow Mountains
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of mountains of the British Isles by height
- List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
References
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External links
- MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Table Mountain
- MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
- The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
- Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH