On 2 February 1953, an Avro York four-engined piston airliner registered G-AHFA of Skyways disappeared over the North Atlantic on a flight from the United Kingdom to Jamaica.

The Avro York was a military trooping flight for the British Air Ministry from Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom to Jamaica with six crew and 33 passengers, including soldiers with their families.

[4] The Avro York (registration: G-AHFA[5]) had been built in 1946 and had completed 6,418 hours total flying time.

[7] A public inquiry was opened in London at Holborn Town Hall on 2 July 1953 to consider possible causes of the loss of the York.

[6] The Solicitor General representing The Crown absolved the crew from blame; he also ruled out sabotage or contaminated fuel.