Thessaloniki - Samos - Kos

On August 3, 1989 at 03:30 PM, Thessaloniki - Samos - Kos experienced a crash involving Short 330, operated by Olympic Aviation, with the event recorded near Samos North Aegean / <U+0392><U+03CC><U+03C1>e<U+03B9><U+03BF> <U+0391><U+03B9><U+03B3>a<U+03AF><U+03BF>.

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

34 people were known to be on board, 34 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 31, passenger fatalities: 31, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the approach to Samos Airport runway 09 in poor weather conditions. While flying under VFR mode in IMC conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Kerkis (1,430 meters high) located 25 km northwest of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 34 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor and the mountain was shrouded in clouds.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX-BGE, MSN 3083, year of manufacture 1982.