Aleppo – Damascus

On February 24, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Aleppo – Damascus experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Syrian Airways, with the event recorded near Aleppo Aleppo Governorate (<U+0645><U+062D><U+0627><U+0641><U+0638><U+0629> <U+062D><U+0644><U+0628><U+200E>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 19 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Aleppo Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity. It is believed that both engines failed and that control was lost. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed 25 km from the airport, killing all 19 occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration YK-AAE, MSN 14917/26362, year of manufacture 1944.