Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed while flying from Cork to London on 24th March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock on the County Wexford coastline. Although the investigation into the crash lasted two years, a cause was never fully determined. Early causes proposed in several investigative reports from 1970-2000 included a bird strike, a missile or target drone, or mechanical and structural failures on critical flight controls. The flight left Cork Airport at 10:32 on Sunday morning for London, Heathrow. The flight proceeded normally until a call was heard by another Aer Lingus pilot with the radio message of "twelve thousand feet descending spinning rapidly". There was no further communications with the aircraft and London ATC informed Shannon ATC that they had no radio contact with Flight 712, EI-AOM. London ATC requested Aer Lingus Flight EI 362 (flying Dublin-Bristol) to sear...