The wreckage was eventually believed to be the wreckage of British European Airlines flight S200P, which crashed on April 21, 1948, and there were multiple discarded parts that were left on the slope of the mountain without being removed by the Civil Aviation Authority for investigation purposes.
According to reports, 39-year-old Pamela Aitken (Pamela Aitken) in the hiking trip inadvertently found a large piece of metal embedded in the soil. She told fellow 54-year-old friend Kathryn Gaffney (Kathryn Gaffney), so the two began taking photos and investigating the origin of the metal.
The remains were eventually identified as coming from British European Airlines Flight S200P, which crashed on April 21, 1948, according to the report. At the Time, the short-haul flight with 20 passengers was flying from London-Northolt Airport to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport when it finally crashed head-on into Irish Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, however, everyone, including the crew, managed to escape and survive, despite the plane bursting into flames on the hillside. Thirteen people were injured in the accident, and an investigation found that the accident was caused by pilot error.
Pamela said: “My friend Kathryn and I found another piece of wreckage of the plane on our local mountain, can you believe it?” I couldn’t believe how much of it was still there, and some parts were even intact. My friend and hiking partner Kathryn has been exploring our local hills as we can’t go much further now.” Pamela shared photos of the wreckage on social media platforms, and social users were quick to share their thoughts on the horrific scene.
One user said, “I thought the plane wreckage should have been removed by the Civil Aviation Authority for the air crash investigation.” Another wrote: “I honestly didn’t know the plane wreckage was in the hills of Scotland. I would have thought the aircraft engineers would have found the wreckage and figured out why the plane crashed.” Another added: “When I was growing up in Largs, my mates and I used to wander around the high ground between Largs and Kilbarchan looking for “crashed planes”. It is reported that the wreckage of the plane was left on the hillside after the investigation of the accident, including parts of the engine, landing gear and the left and right wings.
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