ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-2-115D SP-ASJ Pirin Mountains
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Date:Tuesday 23 November 1937
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-2-115D
Operator:LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration: SP-ASJ
MSN: 1318/F3
First flight: 1934
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Pirin Mountains (   Bulgaria)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG/LGTS), Greece
Destination airport:Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria
Narrative:
Crashed into mountain in bad weather en route Thessaloniki to Sofia.

The aircraft operated on a flight from Athens, Greece back to Warsaw, Poland with en route stops at Thessaloniki, Greece and Sofia, Bulgaria.

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» Soviet Transports


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Distance from Thessaloniki International Airport to Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport as the crow flies is 243 km (152 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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