The aircraft involved was a Vickers Viscount registration G-ALWE operated by British European Airways.

At approximately 1.40pm GMT, 90 minutes after departure, flight 411 was cleared for approach into Manchester Airport.

At 1.46pm the Viscount's right wing hit the ground and the rest of the plane broke up bursting into flames.

It crashed into a house 85 yards beyond the impact point at the junction of Shadowmoss Road and Ringway in Wythenshawe.

In the year before the crash, Wilding had launched a petition expressing concerns about the dangers of low-flying aircraft in the area.