Damascus – Aleppo

On December 21, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Damascus – Aleppo experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Syrian Airways, with the event recorded near Dahr el-Kadib Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Before departure from Damascus on a regular schedule flight to Aleppo, the crew was informed about the recent disappearance of a Netherlands Navy Catalina over Lebanon. Thus, it was requested to the crew to make a detour over Lebanon to see if it was possible to locate the wreckage. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the Dakota hit the slope of a mountain located in Dahr el-Kadib. Nine occupants were killed while six others were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration YK-AAF.