Beirut – Frankfurt

On March 10, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Beirut – Frankfurt experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by TMA of Lebanon - Trans Mediterranean Airways, with the event recorded near Mt Parnon Peloponnese / <U+03A0>e<U+03BB><U+03BF>p<U+03CC><U+03BD><U+03BD><U+03B7>s<U+03BF><U+03C2>.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in marginal weather conditions on a cargo flight from Beirut to Frankfurt, the four engine aircraft disappeared from radar screens after it struck the slope of Mt Parnon located in the Peloponnese province, at the border between Laconia and Arcadia districts. The wreckage was found about 27 km east of Sparta. All five crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration OD-AEL, MSN 455041009, year of manufacture 1958.