Accident | |
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Date | 7 October 1979 |
Summary | Runway overrun |
Site | Ellinikon International Airport, Athens, Greece 37°52′26″N 23°44′27″E / 37.87389°N 23.74083°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 |
Aircraft name | Uri |
Operator | Swissair |
Registration | HB-IDE |
Flight origin | Zurich Airport |
1st stopover | Geneva Airport |
2nd stopover | Ellinikon International Airport |
3rd stopover | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport |
Destination | Beijing Capital International Airport |
Passengers | 142 |
Crew | 12 |
Fatalities | 14 |
Injuries | 10[1] |
Survivors | 140 |
On 7 October 1979, a Swissair DC-8 crashed while attempting to land at Athens-Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece. Of the 154 passengers and crew on board, 14 were killed in the accident.