MF188

On April 10, 1946 at 12:00 AM, MF188 experienced a crash involving Vickers 466 Wellington XIII, operated by Hellenic Air Force - Elleniki Polemiki Aeroporia, with the event recorded near Athens Attica / <U+0391>tt<U+03B9><U+03BA><U+03AE>.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at a height of some 1,500 feet during a training exercise and performing a turn to the right, the right engine failed. The crew increased power on left engine and elected to make an emergency landing but the aircraft dove into the sea and crashed off Pireas harbor. The aircraft was lost and all eight crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration MF188.