 The flight was a charter flight from Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man to Manchester Ringway Airport.It was flying a group of mostly Motor Traders to visit the Manchester Exide Battery Factory and Manchester car show.The Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter "G-AICS", call sign "Charlie Sierra", was due to fly from Ronaldsway Airport, Ballasalla, on the Isle of Man to an aircraft reporting point at Squire's Gate, about from Blackpool.