Ghosts at Heathrow Airport.

Airports around the world are known for being amongst the busiest places to visit and Heathrow airport is no exception, with over 66 Million passengers a year passing through this airport it is surprising that anyone would notice a ghost amongst them.

However Heathrow has its spectral visitors, the first and most interesting is that of a man who is thought to have been a passenger on an ill fated flight from Brussels to London on March 2nd 1948. The Sabena Douglas DC3 Dakota OO-AWH took off from Evere Airport, Brussels at 1940 hours on a scheduled flight to London, visibility at Heathrow was down to 200 yards as fog hung over the area. The aircraft crash landed on  runway 2-8-Right killing all three crew members and 17 of the 22 passengers.

During the aftermath of the accident as Heathrow employees and emergency workers sifted through the wreckage trying to find survivors a group of men were taken by surprise when a man wearing a has emerged from the fog and asked them if they had found his briefcase, startled by this stranger the men just stared at him and to their amazement the gentleman just vanished in front of their eyes.  According to reports the emergency workers later reported finding the same gentleman's body amongst the tangled wreckage.

Since that terrible night in 1948 there have been many reports of sightings of a man wearing a hat being seen along the runway.

In 1970 there is a report of an incident on the runway at Heathrow which can not be explained, the radar office reported picking up a what they described as a person on the runway, the airport police were despatched to intercept the intruder and they were assisted by the airport fire department just in case any emergency, the radar office guided the police officers to the scene of the intruder but the police reported back as not being able to see anyone, the voice over the radio to the officer at the other end said that they must be able to see them as they had driven right over the person. They continued to search for the individual and the radar office continued to point them in the direction of the person they could see, but search as they might the officers on the runway could not find who ever it was. The search was eventually called off. Was this the same gentleman still searching the runway for his briefcase 22 years later?

There is also reports of another male spirit which keeps appearing at Heathrow airport, this time he frequents one of the VIP lounges.  This gentleman is reported to be in a grey suit and he simply materialize at odd moments before suddenly vanishing. Many people have said they have witnessed this apparition and many have said that he has appeared to them from the wait down only.

Another frequent visitor to the airport is one I am a little sceptical about, it is that of the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin. Through out his short life Dick Turpin was violent and cruel man who travelled the length and breath of England rustling cattle and holding up stagecoaches to rob it occupants of their belongings.

His luck ran out in 1739 when he was arrested while staying at an inn, on 22ns March 1979 he was tried and found guilty of two charges of horse theft and sentenced to death by hanging. The deed was carried out on 7th April 1739 thus bringing about the end of Dick Turpin's rein of terror.

However it appears that his death at the gallows in York in 1739 has not stopped Dick Turpin in his journey around England. There are many places around the country that report they are haunted by Dick Turpin, and this is why I am sceptical about many of them, spirits tend to haunt a location for a reason, maybe it is the location of a traumatic end like the gentleman on the runway or because they have some unfinished business they want to take car off or maybe because it was a location that held special memories for them during their living years.

It is very possible that Mr Turpin had dealings around the area that the airport now resides, even so there are many report of a man being seen appearing and just disappearing in the main terminal, he is reported to be dressed like a highwayman and wearing a tri-corn hat. Pilots, flight crew and staff at the airport have reported  hearing a man barking or howling but when they turn around there is nothing there, at other times they have reported feeling his presence behind them or feeling hot breath on their neck but no one is behind them.

So if you ever visit or fly in or out of Heathrow airport and you see a man standing on the runway looking lost and searching for something or you witness a man in a grey suit appear and vanish in the VIP lounge or even see a man dressed as a highwayman wandering around the main terminal, please let us know.

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