Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 09 FEB 1975 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Transall C-160D |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Luftwaffe |
| Kennzeichen: | 50+63 |
| Werknummer: | D-85 |
| Baujahr: | 1970-05-25 (4 years 9 months) |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 37 / Insassen: 37 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 42 / Insassen: 42 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 24 km (15 Meilen) von Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ), Crete (Griechenland)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Hohn AB (ETNH), Deutschland |
| Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ/LGSA), Griechenland |
The Transall carried 37 West German soldiers to the NATO's missile base on Crete. It crashed in in stormy weather in snow-covered mountains at an altitude of about 5000 feet.
Informationsquelle:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Hohn AB to Chania-Soúda Airport as the crow flies is 2356 km (1472 miles).
Distance from Hohn AB to Chania-Soúda Airport as the crow flies is 2356 km (1472 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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