1967 Nicosia Globe Air Bristol Britannia crash
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Accident | |
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Date | 20 April 1967 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) |
Site | 3.5 km South of Nicosia Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Bristol Britannia 313 |
Operator | Globe Air |
Registration | HB-ITB |
Flight origin | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok |
1st stopover | Colombo International Airport |
2nd stopover | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport), Mumbai, India |
3rd stopover | Cairo International Airport diverted to Nicosia International Airport |
Destination | Basel International Airport, Basel, Switzerland |
Occupants | 130 |
Passengers | 120 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 126 |
Injuries | 3 |
Survivors | 4 |
The Nicosia Britannia disaster was the death of 126 passengers and crew on a Bristol Britannia of the Swiss airline Globe Air when it flew into the ground 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of Nicosia Airport, in Cyprus.[1]
Accident
The Britannia was operating a charter flight bringing tourists from Bangkok in Thailand to Basel in Switzerland with stopovers in Colombo, Bombay, and Cairo.[1] The flight stopped at Colombo in Sri Lanka and then Bombay in India with the next stop due to be Cairo.[1] The crew diverted the flight to Nicosia due to bad weather at Cairo.[2] The aircraft was on the third attempt to land on Runway 32 in a violent thunderstorm when it flew into a hill near the village of Lakatamia and burst into flames.[2]
At the time of the crash, both pilots had exceeded their authorized duty time by three hours. The flight's first officer had less than 50 hours flying time in Britannia aircraft.[3]
Two German (Christa Blümel and Peter Femfert) and two Swiss (Veronika Gysin and Nicolas Pulver) passengers survived; three of them were seriously injured and were treated at a United Nations field hospital near Nicosia, the fourth, Nicolas Pulver, was reported to be unhurt.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ a b c "Britannia Crash Kills 126 – Cyprus storm disaster". The Times. No. 56921. London. 21 April 1967. col D, p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
"Man Unscathed in Cyprus Plane Crash; 126 Killed". The Washington Observer (Pennsylvania) (via Google News). No. 23995. AP. 21 April 1967. p. F5. - ^ Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 72.
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