Flight Crew

Born 11 March 1933. Captain O'Beirne was aged 35 years. He had served in the Air Corps from March 1953 until March 1956 when he joined Aer Lingus. He completed technical courses on D.C.3, F.27, Viscount, Boeing 720-048 and 707. His total flying time was 6,683 hrs. of which 1,679 were on Viscounts. He held a valid Airline Transport Pilots Licence (No. 126) endorsed for command on Viscount aircraft and had been medically examined and passed fit on 2 January 1968. He also held a Flight Navigators licence (No. 8) issued to him on 13 October 1961.

First Officer: Paul Heffernan.

Born 23 October 1945. Mr. Heffernan was aged 22 years. He did his flying training with Airwork Services Training at Perth, 1965 joining Aer Lingus the following year as a second officer. He held a British Commercial Pilots licence, had successfully completed his conversion course and passed the technical examination for Viscounts. On June 9, 1966, he was issued with an Irish Commercial Pilots licence with Viscount endorsement and instrument rating. His total flying time was 1,139 hours of which 900 was on Viscounts. Paul was on one of his last flights as First Officer as a few days before Flight 712, he had been granted a Senior Commercial Pilots Licence and wrote to the Department of Transport and Power that he would call for this licence some time during the week commencing March 25. He was never to collect it.

Anne Kelly

Passengers - Alpha Listing

Archer, Katherine  - Irish

Arnold, Dennis  - British

Baeck, Roger  - Belgian

Beck, Hans  - Swiss

Burke, Hannah  - Irish

Bryan, Elizabeth  - Irish

Cowhig, Michael  -  Irish

Cox-Ife, William  - British

Creyelman, Jacques  - Belgian

Dann, Sheila  - Irish

Dann, Teresa  - Irish

Delaney, Rory  - Irish

Dreyfus, Pierre  - Swiss

Dwane, Thomas  - Irish

Faveurs, Edmund  - Belgian

Gahlin, Sven  - Irish

Gahlin, Karin - Irish

Gallivan, Eileen  - Irish

Gallivan, Marion  - Irish (16)

Gallivan, Paula  - Irish (2)

Ganglehoff, Joseph  - American

Ganglehoff, Mary  - American

Hegarty, Fr. Edward  - Irish

Hinderer, Dr. Max  - Swiss

Jephson, Brigadier Maurice  - Irish

Jephson, Eileen  - Irish

Jurgens, Theodor  - Swiss

Long, Anthony  - Irish

Meyer, Curt  - Swiss

Mulcahy, Dr. Noel  - Irish

McCarthy, Christopher  - Irish

McCarthy, Rita  - Irish

McCarthy, Jeremiah  - Irish ( infant )

McCormick, Neil  - Irish (35)  International Consultant and Athlete

Newey, Dorothy  - Irish

Nunan, Richard  - Irish

Nyhan, John  - Irish

O'Brien, Edward  - Irish

O'Calaghan, Patrick  - Irish

O'Calaghan, Bridget  - Irish

O'Halloran, James  - Irish

O'Halloran, Josephine  - Irish

O'Herlihy, Maura  - Irish

O'Mahony, Nora  - Irish

O'Rourke, James  - Irish

Quinlan, Ellen  - British

Schwartz, Paul  - Belgian

Shorten, Thomas  - British

Shorten, Ann - British

Sless, Ruth  - Irish

Speleers, Albert  - Belgian

Vastenavondt, Marcel  - Belgian

Waeckerling, Dr. Roland  - Swiss

Waeckerling, Madeline  - Swiss

Walls, Desmond  - Irish   Brother of the Deputy General Manager of Aer Lingus.

Weiss, Dr. Rudolf  - Swiss

Zimmerman, Ernest  - Swiss