Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 OCT 1972 |
| Time: | ca 21:30 |
| Type: | NAMC YS-11A-500 |
| Operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | SX-BBQ |
| C/n / msn: | 2155 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 49 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) from Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) (Greece)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR), Greece |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece | |
| Flightnumber: | 506 |
A NAMC YS-11A-500 passenger plane, registered SX-BBQ, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at sea near Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH), Greece. Olympic flight OA506 from Corfu carried 49 passengers and four crew members. Thirteen passengers and three crew members survived the accident.
Flight OA509 took off from Kerkyra, Corfu at 19:55 for the over water flight to Athens. The airplane crashed in sea while approaching Athens in reduced visibility about 21:30.
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Distance from Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 379 km (237 miles).
Distance from Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 379 km (237 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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