Athens - Larisa

On November 23, 1976 at 09:45 AM, Athens - Larisa experienced a crash involving NAMC YS-11, operated by Olympic Airways, with the event recorded near Kozani West Macedonia / <U+0394><U+03C5>t<U+03B9><U+03BA><U+03AE> <U+039C>a<U+03BA>ed<U+03BF><U+03BD><U+03AF>a.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

50 people were known to be on board, 50 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 46, passenger fatalities: 46, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Athens to Larisa, the crew was informed by ATC that Larisa Airport was closed to traffic due to poor weather conditions and was rerouted to Kozani. While descending to Kozani Airport in poor weather conditions, at an altitude of 4,265 feet, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located about 25 km south of the airfield. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 50 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the mountain was shrouded by clouds and the visibility was limited to 20 metres.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX-BBR, MSN 2156, year of manufacture 1971.