Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
Estado:
Fecha:09 NOV 1945
Hora:ca 20:00
Tipo:Douglas C-47A-60-DL
Operador:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registración: 42-24383
Numéro de série: 10245
Año de Construcción: 1943
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 20 / Ocupantes: 20
Total:Fatalidades: 24 / Ocupantes: 24
Daños en la Aeronave: Destruido
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:cerca Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport (LICP) (Italia) show on map
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Athens-Hassani Airport (ATH/LGAT), Grecia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Napoli Airport (NAP/LIRN), Italia
Descripción:
Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility. About an hour before the crash the pilot reported he was lost. After some forty minutes the position was re-established but the plane impacted a mountain.

Fuentes:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge

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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 Athens-Hassani Airport to Napoli Airport as the crow flies is 870 km (544 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.
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