Narrative:
Flew into a mountain in bad weather. The DC-3 had reportedly diverted off course to help search efforts to find a missing Dutch Navy Catalina plane that had gone missing in Lebanon.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 21 December 1952 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Syrian Airways |
| Registration: | YK-AAF |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near En Nebk ( Syria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Damascus-Mezzeh Airport, Syria |
| Aleppo-Nejrab Airport (ALP/OSAP), Syria |
Flew into a mountain in bad weather. The DC-3 had reportedly diverted off course to help search efforts to find a missing Dutch Navy Catalina plane that had gone missing in Lebanon.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Damascus-Mezzeh Airport to Aleppo-Nejrab Airport as the crow flies is 312 km (195 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Damascus-Mezzeh Airport to Aleppo-Nejrab Airport as the crow flies is 312 km (195 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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