| Date: | Saturday 20 December 1997 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 750 |
| MSN: | 4729 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pastra Mountain -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
| Tanágra Air Base (LGTG) |
The Greek Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules was engaged in a mission to search for a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane of Aerosvit Airlines (UR-42334), that went missing on approach to Thessaloniki on December 17.
The aircraft hit a mountain while descending towards Tanágra Air Base.
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