ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336395
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| Date: | Monday 6 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Technical and Aeronautical Exploitations - TAE |
| Registration: | SX-BAI |
| MSN: | 12162 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km NE of Athens -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kavala National Airport (LGKM) |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Crashed into a mountain.
During the initial approach to Hassani Airport, the aircraft entered the core of a Cumulonimbus cloud (Cb). It experienced excessive acceleration, causing the separation of the right wing. The aircraft fell down near Malakasa village.
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