Britannia Airways Flight 105

Britannia Airways Flight 105

A Britannia Airways Bristol 175 Britannia like the accident aircraft
Accident summary
Date 1 September 1966
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
Site 3 km (1.9 mls) SE of Brnik Airport, Yugoslavia[1]
Passengers 110
Crew 7
Fatalities 98
Survivors 19
Aircraft type Bristol 175 Britannia 102
Operator Britannia Airways
Registration G-ANBB
Flight origin London Luton Airport, United Kingdom
Destination Brnik Airport, Yugoslavia[1]

Britannia Airways Flight 105 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Luton Airport for a flight to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (known as Brnik Airport at that time). The flight was operated by Bristol Britannia G-ANBB with 110 passengers and seven crew on board. The aircraft crash occurred on 1 September 1966 at 00:47 during the approach, when the aircraft struck trees[2] in the woods between Lahovče[3] and Nasovče[4] under cloudy conditions.[5] Ninety-eight of the 117 passengers and crew died in the accident.[2] The reason cited for the accident was a wrong setting of the altimeter.[6]

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