Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea (approx. coordinates 37°48' N, 23°57' E), Greece, on December 8th, 1969. All 85 passengers and 5 crew on board died in the crash.
Olympic Airways Flight 954
An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6B similar to the accident aircraft
The flight was a domestic scheduled passenger service from Chania on the island of Crete to Athens. While on approach to Athens and with its undercarriage retracted, the aircraft struck Mount Paneio at an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. The weather at the time of the crash was characterized by rain and high winds.
The crash of Flight 954 was the deadliest aviation accident in Greek history at the time it took place, a record it maintained until the crash of Helios Airways Flight 522 nearly thirty-six years later. It is still the deadliest aviation accident involving a Douglas DC-6.,[1] and deadliest crash in the history of Olympic Airways.
Cause
It was ruled that the flight crew had deviated from the proper track and descended below the minimum safe altitude while making an ILS approach.[2]
olympic, airways, flight, douglas, aircraft, that, crashed, into, mountain, near, keratea, approx, coordinates, greece, december, 1969, passengers, crew, board, died, crash, olympic, airways, douglas, similar, accident, aircraftaccidentdate8, december, 1969sum. Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC 6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea approx coordinates 37 48 N 23 57 E Greece on December 8th 1969 All 85 passengers and 5 crew on board died in the crash Olympic Airways Flight 954An Olympic Airways Douglas DC 6B similar to the accident aircraftAccidentDate8 December 1969SummaryControlled flight into terrain CFIT SiteNear Keratea GreeceAircraftAircraft typeDouglas DC 6BOperatorOlympic AirwaysRegistrationSX DAEFlight originChania International AirportDestinationAthens Ellinikon International AirportPassengers85Crew5Fatalities90Survivors0 Contents 1 The crash 2 Cause 3 References 4 External linksThe crash EditThe flight was a domestic scheduled passenger service from Chania on the island of Crete to Athens While on approach to Athens and with its undercarriage retracted the aircraft struck Mount Paneio at an altitude of approximately 2 000 feet The weather at the time of the crash was characterized by rain and high winds The crash of Flight 954 was the deadliest aviation accident in Greek history at the time it took place a record it maintained until the crash of Helios Airways Flight 522 nearly thirty six years later It is still the deadliest aviation accident involving a Douglas DC 6 1 and deadliest crash in the history of Olympic Airways Cause EditIt was ruled that the flight crew had deviated from the proper track and descended below the minimum safe altitude while making an ILS approach 2 References Edit Aircraft accident Douglas DC 6B SX DAE Athens Gero David 1996 Aviation Disasters Second Edition Patrick Stephens Limited p 91 External links Edit Greece portal Aviation portal 1969 Keratea Olympic Airlines DC 6 crash at AirDisaster com Usurped Coordinates 37 48 N 23 58 E 37 800 N 23 967 E 37 800 23 967 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olympic Airways Flight 954 amp oldid 1106392971, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
