26 Mar Boeing 707-344 – ZS-CKE The aircraft scraped a wall and struck a tree on takeoff from Athens, Greece. The flight continued to Nairobi where it was found that a... Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers 634 Viking 1B – G-AMNK Viking G-AMNK was to fly from Birmingham to Aden with en route stops at Marseilles (which was changed to Nice), Brindisi, Heraklion, Ca... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) – SX-BAD Flight 214 departed Athens at 15:01 for a flight to Thessaloniki. Following takeoff the DC-3 climbed to 3000 feet on a 240deg heading a... Continue reading
26 Mar Canadair C-54GM North Star – 17525 The C-54 was returning to Canada after a transport flight to Egypt on behalf of the United Nations. A tire burst on landing. A fuel lin... Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – 53-3221 The C-119 transport plane suffered a prop overspeed after take-off. The aircraft returned for landing but crash-landed between a taxiwa... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47 (DC-3) – The Dakota was engaged in parachute exercises over the airfield when a parachute got entangled with the plane, causing the pilot to los... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) – SX-BAI Crashed into a mountain. During the initial approach to Hassani Airport, the aircraft entered the core of a Cumulonimbus cloud (Cb). It... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3 – One hijacker demanded to be taken to Greece. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) – SX-BAF The airplane sustained extensive damage during a landing accident at Athens-Hassani Airport (ATH), Greece. Continue reading