Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 NOV 1937 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-2-115D |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-ASJ |
| C/n / msn: | 1318/F3 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG/LGTS), Greece |
| Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria |
Crashed into mountain in bad weather en route Thessaloniki to Sofia.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Thessaloniki International Airport to Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport as the crow flies is 243 km (152 miles).
Distance from Thessaloniki International Airport to Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport as the crow flies is 243 km (152 miles).
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.
