Chania - Nicosia

On July 22, 1974 at 02:00 AM, Chania - Nicosia experienced a crash involving Nord 2501 Noratlas, operated by Hellenic Air Force - Elleniki Polemiki Aeroporia, with the event recorded near Nicosia Nicosia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 31 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 96.9%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. Greek troops were deployed in Cyprus following the Turkish invasion. While on a night approach to Nicosia Airport under callsign 'Niki 4', the airplane was mistakenly shot down by Greek soldiers based by the airport and crashed in flames 3 km short of runway. A passenger was injured while 31 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 52-133, MSN 35, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.1254°, 33.1912°.