Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 NOV 1974 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator: | Jugoslovenski Aerotransport - JAT |
| Registration: | YU-AJN |
| C/n / msn: | 47579/693 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,5 km (1.6 mls) from Beograd Airport (BEG) (Serbia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris (unknown airport), France |
| Beograd Airport (BEG/LYBE), Serbia |
Landed 2570m short after visual contact with runway was lost; evacuated and caught fire. Weather: Wind calm; visib. 2500m, 7/8 stratocumulus at 1500m; temp. 8°C; 1020 mb.
Sources:
» Flight International 05.12.1974 (780)
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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.
