- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 20, 1967 |
Time: | 0113 |
Location: | Near Nicosia, Cyprus |
Operator: | Globe Air |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Bombay - Cairo |
AC Type: | Bristol Britannia 175 |
Registration: | HB-ITB |
cn / ln: | 13232 |
Aboard: | 130 (passengers:120 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 126 (passengers:117 crew:9) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The flight crashed while making a second landing attempt. Misjudgement by the pilot during approach. Both pilots exceeded their duty time by 3 hours at the time of the crash. The first officer had less than 50 hours flying time in a Britannia. |
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