- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 15, 1960 |
Time: | 0940 |
Location: | Near Jima, Ethiopia |
Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Flight #: | 372 |
Route: | Bulchi - Jimma |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | ET-T-18 |
cn / ln: | 12926 |
Aboard: | 11 (passengers:8 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed onto a mountainside at 9,000 ft. The pilot misjudged the weather conditions and continued to fly into deteriorating weather conditions while trying to maintain VFR. The pilot attempted to climb at a speed below the minimum safe climbing speed of the aircraft. |
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