Warsaw – Bucharest – Athens

On December 1, 1936 at 03:35 PM, Warsaw – Bucharest – Athens experienced a crash involving Lockheed 10 Electra, operated by LOT Polish Airlines - Polskie Linie Lotnicze, with the event recorded near Malakasa Attica / <U+0391>tt<U+03B9><U+03BA><U+03AE>.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 14.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On the leg from Bucharest to Athens, the crew encountered poor weather since over Thessaloniki, Greece. On approach to Tatoi Airport, while flying at an altitude of some 1,000 meters in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit a tree with one of its wing and crashed near Malakasa, some 10 km north of the airport. The captain Joseph Sittelle was killed while all six other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration SP-AYB, MSN 1046, year of manufacture 1936.