Athens – Thessaloniki

On October 30, 1959 at 03:25 PM, Athens – Thessaloniki experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Olympic Airways, with the event recorded near Avlona Attica / <U+0391>tt<U+03B9><U+03BA><U+03AE>.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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. The aircraft departed Athens-Ellinikon Airport at 1501LT bound for Tessaloniki. The crew climbed to an altitude of 3,000 feet with a 240° heading and later received the permission to climb to 9,000 feet. While approaching Mt Parnis in good weather conditions, the captain informed ATC about his position. Five minutes later, the airplane disappeared from radar screens and crashed near Avlona. The airplane was totally destroyed upon impact and all 19 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX-BAD, MSN 9491, year of manufacture 1943.