JAT Flight 769
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.jpg) YU-AHD, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 September 1973 |
| Summary | Control tower error, radar malfunction, CFIT |
| Site | Mount Maganik, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia 42°51′44″N 19°22′50″E / 42.86222°N 19.38056°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N |
| Operator | JAT Yugoslav Airlines |
| Registration | YU-AHD |
| Flight origin | Skopje International Airport, Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Destination | Titograd Airport, Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupants | 41 |
| Passengers | 35 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 41 |
| Survivors | 0 |
A domestic JAT Yugoslav Airlines flight, carried out by a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N (Registration: YU-AHD), was nearing its end completing a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje, SR Macedonia to Titograd (modern-day Podgorica), SR Montenegro when it crashed into Mount Maganik, in central Montenegro, killing all 41 passengers and crew. The aircraft was written off.[1]
Accident[edit]
The flight, a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje to Titograd, was nearing its end. Allegedly, the flight was instructed to start descent, although the aircraft was not visible on radar (which were allegedly not working well at the time) nor could the control tower staff make visual contact with the aircraft. At the time of the flight, there were no qualified staff at the control tower in Titograd. The flight was asked to descend to a flight level of 6,000 feet (1,800 m) or a height it saw fit. The aircraft crashed into the peak of Medvjeđi vrh (2140 m, 7021 ft) on Maganik mountain near Kolašin. All 41 people on board died in the accident.[1]
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Dnevnik Online[permanent dead link]
- View of Babin zub (Grandmother's tooth) peak
- Maganik mountain
- Memorial plate of JAT's aeroplane crash in 1973
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N YU-AHD Titograd". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- 1973 in Yugoslavia
- Accidents and incidents involving the Sud Aviation Caravelle
- Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Yugoslavia
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973
- Jat Airways accidents and incidents
- September 1973 events in Europe
- Transport disasters in Montenegro