- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 11, 1975
Time: 1020
Location: Near Bahar Dar, Ethiopia
Operator: Ethiopian Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Bahar Dar - Debra Marcos
AC Type: Douglas C-47-DL
Registration: ET-ABX
cn / ln: 4292
Aboard: 9   (passengers:6  crew:3)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane was flying at FL 115 under VFR in scattered clouds. When breaking through a cloud bank a mountain was seen up ahead. A steep climbing turn was initiated, but the tail struck trees, control was lost and the aircraft crashed inverted.
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