Andy Benford
Former naval trainee and survivor of the 1972 Solent hovercraft capsizing who gives a first-person account of his experience and survival actions.
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Jan 29, 2026 • 52min
Hovercraft Calamity: Out of Control
Tim Benford, former RAF supply officer and older brother who survived the 1972 hovercraft capsizing. Andy Benford, ex-naval trainee who used dunker training to survive. They describe boarding the SRN-6, weather worsening, violent impacts and the craft flipping. Hear escaping through windows, reuniting on an upturned hull, rescues and the aftermath that changed hovercraft rules.
