ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329702
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| Date: | Sunday 9 February 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Transall C-160D |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 50+63 |
| MSN: | D-85 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km from Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ), Crete -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hohn Air Base (ETNH) |
| Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ/LGSA) |
The Transall carried 37 West German soldiers to the NATO's missile base on Crete. It crashed in in stormy weather in snow-covered mountains at an altitude of about 5000 feet.
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