Bahrain – Athens – Rome – London

On February 19, 1958 at 06:50 PM, Bahrain – Athens – Rome – London experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.114 Heron, operated by Gulf Aviation - Oman, with the event recorded near Castrovillari Calabria.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Athens, Greece to Ciampino Airport, Rome - it was being transferred from Bahrain to England to be checked and to undergo certain modifications. It had departed Athens at 1407Z on an IFR flight plan and later reported that it expected to fly over Caraffa at 1730 and requested clearance to fly at a lower level. This clearance was not granted since the flight level requested was below the safety minimum for that route segment. There were no further contacts with the aircraft. It crashed between 1735Z and 1808Z on the southeast slope of Mt Scifarello at a height of approximately 1,730 metres (5 675 ft). The 3 crew aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-APJS, MSN 14001, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.8119°, 16.2026°.