Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 FEB 1956 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-10-DK |
| Operator: | Syrian Airways |
| Registration: | YK-AAE |
| C/n / msn: | 14917/26362 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 24 km from Aleppo (Syria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Aleppo-Nejrab Airport (ALP/OSAP), Syria |
| Damascus International Airport (DAM/OSDI), Syria |
Both engines failed as the DC-3 few through a storm. The aircraft crashed.
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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 Aleppo-Nejrab Airport to Damascus International Airport as the crow flies is 313 km (195 miles).
Distance from Aleppo-Nejrab Airport to Damascus International Airport as the crow flies is 313 km (195 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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Douglas DC-3
- 1950th loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 128th worst accident (at the time)
- 218th worst accident (currently)
Syria- worst accident (at the time)
- 3rd worst accident (currently)