Date: | Thursday 3 August 1989 |
Time: | 13:43 |
Type: | Shorts 330-200 |
Owner/operator: | Olympic Aviation |
Registration: | SX-BGE |
MSN: | SH.3083 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 25 km WNW of Samos Airport (SMI) -
Greece
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG/LGTS) |
Destination airport: | Samos Airport (SMI/LGSM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flying VFR in IFR conditions, the aircraft approached Samos. Having deviated 4nm from the H-59 airway, the aircraft was manoeuvred on a collision course with some mountains while turning for a runway 09 approach. The plane, named "Isle of Milos", struck cloud-shrouded Mount Kerkis (1430 m high).
Sources:
Flight International
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/90 (#30)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
photo (c) Demetrios Angelikas; Mount Kerkis; 24 August 2005
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