Athens - Nice

On February 18, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Athens - Nice experienced a crash involving Learjet 25, operated by Olympic Airways, with the event recorded near Antibes Alpes-Maritimes.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

On final approach to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, while on a positioning flight from Athens-Ellinikon Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Antibes. Both crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX-ASO, MSN 25-074, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.6015°, 7.0878°.