ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333989
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair C-54GM North Star |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17525 |
| MSN: | 101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
The C-54 was returning to Canada after a transport flight to Egypt on behalf of the United Nations. A tire burst on landing. A fuel line ruptured and a fire erupted.
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