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The aircraft involved in the accident, seen here at Schiphol Airport in 1965
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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]
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 (Verena 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]
The crash culminated in Globe Air's bankruptcy and the sale of paintings that led to the 1967 Basel Picasso paintings purchase referendum.[4]
35°06′30″N 33°17′14″E / 35.10833°N 33.28722°E / 35.10833; 33.28722
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1967 (1967)
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Jan 14 Feb 16 Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708 Feb 28 Philippine Air Lines Flight 345 Mar 5 Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 Mar 5 Mar 9 Mar 10 West Coast Airlines Flight 720 Mar 13 South African Airways Flight 406 Mar 30 Apr 11 Apr 20 Jun 3 Jun 4 Jun 23 Jun 30 Thai Airways International Flight 601 Jul 6 Philippine Air Lines Flight 385 Jul 19 Aug 27 Sep 5 Oct 12 Nov 4 Nov 6 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 20 Dec 8 Faucett Perú Douglas C-54 crash Dec 30 | |
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