Copenhagen – Stockholm – Coventry – Nice

On September 3, 1979 at 06:20 PM, Copenhagen – Stockholm – Coventry – Nice experienced a crash involving Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette, operated by Sterling Airways, with the event recorded near Nice-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine airplane was completing an on-demand taxi flight from Copenhagen to Nice with intermediate stops in Stockholm and Coventry, carrying members from the Corporate of the Swedish Group Atlas Copco. On final approach to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, while completing a last turn, the airplane stalled and crashed into the sea about one km short of runway 05 threshold. Few debris were found floating on water while the main wreckage sank in a canyon by a depth of about 1,500 meters. All 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration OY-SBS, MSN 21, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.6966°, 7.3285°.