Berlin – Thessaloniki – Athens

On January 13, 1933 at 12:00 AM, Berlin – Thessaloniki – Athens experienced a crash involving Junkers W.33, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Tanagra Central Greece / Ste<U+03C1>e<U+03AC> <U+0395><U+03BB><U+03BB><U+03AC>da.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew departed Berlin on a mail flight to Athens with an intermediate stop in Thessaloniki. On the leg to Athens, the crew lost his orientation due to foggy conditions and was unable to localize the airport of Dekelia-Tatoi near Athens. So, he decided to return to Thessaloniki when, at night, the aircraft crash landed in a pasture near Tanagra. Both occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-2018, MSN 2584, year of manufacture 1931.