Lydda – Athens – Thessaloniki – Sofia – Bucharest – Warsaw

On August 18, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Lydda – Athens – Thessaloniki – Sofia – Bucharest – Warsaw experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by LOT Polish Airlines - Polskie Linie Lotnicze, with the event recorded near Bucharest-Baneasa Bucure<U+0219>ti.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful landing, pilot was vacating the runway to reach his parking place when a sudden fire erupted. The airplane was quickly stopped and all seven occupants were able to disembark before the aircraft was totally destroyed by fire. No one was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration SP-BNJ, MSN 1424, year of manufacture 1938.