Airplane Crash - Athens, Greece 10/29/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Athens, Greece
Date | 10/29/1959 |
Time | 15:25 |
Location | Athens, Greece |
Operator | OlympiAirways |
Flight # | 214 |
Route | Athens - Thessaloniki |
Type | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration | SX-BAD |
Cn/In | 9491 |
Aboard | 18 |
Fatalities | 18 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Engine failure on takeoff. The plane crashed 5 minutes later. Failure of the gudgeon pin bearing of the No.6 piston of the left engine. |
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