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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.
SS Heimara (sometimes spelled as Himara or Chimara, Greek: Χειμάρρα) was a passenger steamer operating the Piraeus – Thessaloniki route. The ship hit a reef and sank on 19 January 1947 in the Aegean Sea, killing around 400 people. [1] It is Greece's deadliest maritime disaster.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1947 (22 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1947, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2 and military variants converted to DC-3 standard for post-war airline use. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and ...
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.
Pan Am Flight 121 was a scheduled Pan American World Airways flight from Karachi to Istanbul.On the evening of June 18, 1947, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation serving the flight, known as the Clipper Eclipse (previously Clipper Dublin), suffered an engine failure.
The most well-known is the wreck of SS Heimara from 1947. Heimara sank few metres southwest of Kavallianni and overall 385 people drowned. It was the most deadly maritime accident in modern Greek history. [4]
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.