ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B SX-DAD Cairo
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Date:Thursday 2 January 1969
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-6B
Operator:Olympic Airways
Registration: SX-DAD
MSN: 45539/1010
First flight: 1958
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 102
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Cairo (   Egypt)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Heraklion Airport (HER/LGIR), Greece
Destination airport:Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece
Narrative:
One hijacker. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.

Sources:
» De Telegraaf 03-01-1969
» Egypt: Hijacked Aircraft. (British Pathé)


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Distance from Heraklion Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (194 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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