Athens - Thessaloniki - Frankfurt

On August 12, 1997 at 05:41 PM, Athens - Thessaloniki - Frankfurt experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Olympic Airways, with the event recorded near Thessaloniki Thessaly / Tessa<U+03BB><U+03AF>a.

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

35 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 35 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Thessaloniki Airport was completed in poor weather conditions. The aircraft landed too far down the runway and after touchdown, the crew realized he could not stop the aircraft within the remaining distance so he decided to veer off runway to the right. While contacting soft ground, the undercarriage were torn off and the aircraft came to rest. All 35 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. At the time of the accident, the wind was from 360° at 18 knots gusting to 28 knots with thunderstorm activity, rain falls and a visibility of 5 km.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX-CBI, MSN 20791, year of manufacture 1974.