ASN Aircraft accident Transall C-160D 50+63 Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ), Crete
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Date:Sunday 9 February 1975
Type:Silhouette image of generic C160 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Transall C-160D
Operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: 50+63
MSN: D-85
First flight: 1970-05-25 (4 years 9 months)
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37
Total:Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:24 km (15 mls) from Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ), Crete (   Greece)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hohn Air Base (ETNH), Germany
Destination airport:Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ/LGSA), Greece
Narrative:
The Transall carried 37 West German soldiers to the NATO's missile base on Crete. It crashed in in stormy weather in snow-covered mountains at an altitude of about 5000 feet.



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Distance from Hohn Air Base to Chania-Soúda Airport as the crow flies is 2356 km (1472 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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