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Olympic Aviation Flight 545

Coordinates: 37°43′37″N 26°37′16″E / 37.7270°N 26.6210°E / 37.7270; 26.6210
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Olympic Aviation Flight 545
The aircraft involved in the accident, May 1982.
Accident
DateAugust 3, 1989 (1989-08-03)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteMount Kerkis, Samos, Greece
Aircraft
Aircraft typeShorts 330-200
Aircraft nameIsle of Milos
OperatorOlympic Aviation
RegistrationSX-BGE
Flight originThessaloniki Airport
DestinationSamos Airport
Passengers31
Crew3
Fatalities34
Survivors0

On August 3rd 1989, Olympic Aviation Flight 545, operated by a Shorts 330-200, crashed into a cloud-shrouded Mount Kerkis on Samos due to the pilots using Visual Flight Rules in Instrumental Flight Rules conditions. All on board perished.[1] This accident is the worst involving a Shorts 330.[2]

References

37°43′37″N 26°37′16″E / 37.7270°N 26.6210°E / 37.7270; 26.6210