Aer Lingus to change flight number linked to 1968 Tuskar Rock disaster

The Cork-London Heathrow route had retained the EI 712 flight number, but it will shortly become EI 714 

William Cowhig holding a photograph of his father Michael who died in the 1968 Tuskar Rock plane crash. He contacted Aer Lingus to raise his concerns about the ongoing use of the flight number. Picture: Chani Anderson

The number of the Aer Lingus flight route between Cork and London Heathrow will be changed from this weekend after representation of one of the victims of the Tuskar Rock air disaster.

Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed into the sea near Tuskar Rock off Wexford on March 24, 1968.