| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | October 12, 1967 |
| Time: | 0725 |
| Location: | Off Rhodes, Greece |
| Operator: | British European Airways |
| Flight #: | 284 |
| Route: | Athens - Nicosia |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Comet 4B |
| Registration: | G-ARCO |
| cn / ln: | 06449 |
| Aboard: | 66 (passengers:59 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 66 (passengers:59 crew:7) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While flying at FL 290 the aircraft was destroyed by a detonation of a high explosive device within the cabin under seat 4A or 5A which severly damaged the aircraft causing it to go out of control and structurally break up at FL150. |
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