ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324075
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Date: | Saturday 20 December 1997 |
Time: | 09:30 |
Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
Owner/operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
Registration: | 750 |
MSN: | 4729 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pastra Mountain -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Destination airport: | Tanágra Air Base (LGTG) |
Narrative:The Greek Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules was engaged in a mission to search for a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane of Aerosvit Airlines (UR-42334), that went missing on approach to Thessaloniki on December 17.
The aircraft hit a mountain while descending towards Tanágra Air Base.
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