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October 26, 1947: Douglas DC-4 on way from Istanbul to Athens crashes in Hymettus. 44 people died. December 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 of Czech Airlines crashes in Kalamata with a death toll of 24. June 6, 1949: Douglas C-47 of the now-defunct National Greek Airlines crashes in Athens. 22 people die.
26 January 1947 - Douglas Dakota, PH-TCR of KLM crashed after takeoff from Kastrup airport in Copenhagen, killing all 22 on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. 16 July 1960 - A de Havilland Dragon Rapide operated by Zonens Redningskorps loses control and crashes 50 meters from the shore killing all 8 passengers. Only the pilot survived.
2 July 2010: 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 228: 20 October 1916: Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion 220: 11 December 1944: Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan [18] [better source needed] 219: 25 June 2017
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said an F-16 fighter jet crashed in the Aegean Sea during a training flight Wednesday. The pilot ejected from the aircraft and was later rescued.
The intercity train derailed and collided with a house in Adendro, a village in the municipality of Chalkidona, Thessaloniki region, Greece. Three people were killed, and 10 more were injured when five carriages of the train derailed. [1] [2] The engine and one carriage collided with a house alongside the track. [3]
Olympic Airways was the flag carrier for Greece and had purchased 747s for some of its prime routes, including a nonstop between Athens and New York. [3] This meant that large numbers of American tourists could be accommodated in one flight [3] at lower per-seat costs to the airlines. [5]
A teacher in the Greece Central School District was killed in a vehicle crash on Friday, according to a statement released by the school district on Saturday.. Jillian Branciforte, an English as a ...
February 11 – Greece – A Greek Railways bus carrying passengers from Thessaloniki to Athens was involved with a head-on collision with a truck 80 miles northwest of Athens killing 17 and injuring 10. [90] April 10 – Soviet Union – A bus collided with another bus and plunged into a river. 37 people were killed, 46 injured.