List of aviation accidents and incidents in Greece

This is a list of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Greece.

*October 26, 1947: Douglas DC-4 on way from Istanbul to Athens crashes in Hymettus. 44 people die.
*December 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 of the Czech Airlines crashes in Kalamata with a death tool of 24.
*June 6, 1949: Douglas C-47 of the now defunct "National Greek Airlines" crashes in Athens. 22 people die.
*October 10, 1959: DC3 of the Olympic Airways crashes near Tanagra. 18 people are killed.
*October 12, 1967: De Havilland DH.106 Comet of the British European Airways crashes off Rhodos, killing 66 people on board.
*December 8, 1969: Douglas DC-6 of the Olympic Airways from Heraklion to Athens crashes in Keratea. 90 people are killed.
*January 12, 1970: Douglas C-47 of the Hellenic Air Force crashes in Vilia, resulting in the death of 23 people.
*October 21, 1972: NAMC YS-11 of the Olympic Airways crashes in Athens. 37 people are killed.
*September 8, 1974: TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea. All 79 passengers and 9 crew members were killed.
*February 9, 1975: Transall C-160 of Lufthansa crashes in Chania, killing 40 people.
*November 23, 1976: NAMC YS-11 of the Olympic Airways from Athens to Kozani crashes near Sarantaporo. Fatalities 50.
*October 7, 1979: DC8 of Swissair of the flight Zurich-Athens-Bangkok catches fire in the Eastern Airport of Elliniko. 14 people die.
*April 2, 1986: TWA Flight 840 is bombed on the way to Athens, sucking out 4 on board. The plane landed safely.
*August 3, 1989: Short 330 of the Olympic Airways from Thessaloniki to Samos crashes in the Kerketeus range of mountains. All 34 people on board are killed.
*February 5, 1991: The worst accident in the history of the Hellenic Air Force. Lockheed C-130H Hercules 748 crashes into Mount Othrys. 63 were reported killed.
*August 31, 1995: Antonov AN-26 of Force Aérienne du Mali crashes convert|2|nmi|km north of Makedonia International Airport in Thessaloniki. 6 people die.
*December 17, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-42 of the Aerosvit Airlines crashes into the Pierian mountains in Central Macedonia. The exact spot of the crash was discovered 3 days later, cause of the bad weather conditions and the mountainous landscape. 70 people are killed.
*December 20, 1997: Lockheed Hercules C-130 of the Hellenic Air Force crashes into Pastra Mountain near Tanagra, cause of bad weather conditions, killing 5 people. The military aircraft was due to transfer soldiers from Tanagra to Pieria, in order to take part in the operations for the discovery of the Ukrainian plane which had crashed 3 days earlier.
*September 11, 2004: The helicopter carrying Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria along with 16 others (including journalists and three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria) crashes into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic community of Mount Athos, arguably after an explosion. None survived. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
*August 14, 2005: After fears that it could crash in Athens' center, Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes in Grammatiko, killing all 121 people on board. This was the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Greece.
*October 3, 2006: Turkish Airlines Flight 1476 is hijacked in Greek airspace.

References

* [http://www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/G/Grece.htm Aviation accidents in Greece]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4150312.stm BBC article]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/14/greece.crash/index.html CNN article]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19971217-0 ASN Aircraft accident description Yakovlev 42 UR-42334 - Thessaloniki]
* [http://www.coptic.org.au/modules/news/article.php?storyid=181 Death of Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]