Olympic Aviation Flight 545 | |
Occurrence Type: | Accident |
Image Upright: | 1.15 |
Type: | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site: | Mount Kerkis, Samos, Greece |
Aircraft Type: | Shorts 330-200 |
Aircraft Name: | Isle of Milos |
Operator: | Olympic Aviation |
Tail Number: | SX-BGE |
Origin: | Thessaloniki Airport |
Destination: | Samos Airport |
Occupants: | 34 |
Passengers: | 31 |
Crew: | 3 |
Fatalities: | 34 |
Survivors: | 0 |
On 3 August 1989, Olympic Aviation Flight 545, operated by a Shorts 330-200, crashed into a cloud-shrouded Mount Kerkis on Samos due to the pilots using visual flight rules in instrument meteorological conditions. All on board perished.[1] [2] This accident is the worst involving a Shorts 330.[3]