Airplane Crash - Near Nicosia, Cyprus 04/20/1967
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Nicosia, Cyprus
Date | 04/20/1967 |
Time | 01:13 |
Location | Near Nicosia, Cyprus |
Operator | Globe Air |
Route | Bombay - Cairo |
Type | Bristol Britannia 175 |
Registration | HB-ITB |
Cn/In | 13232 |
Aboard | 130 |
Fatalities | 126 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The flight crashed while making a second landing attempt. Misjudgement by the pilot during approach. Both pilots exceeded their duty time by 3 hours at the time of the crash. The first officer had less than 50 hours flying time in a Britannia. |
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