List of aviation accidents and incidents in Greece

This is a list of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Greece.

• October 26, 1947: Douglas DC-4 on way from Istanbul to Athens crashes in Hymettus. 44 people die.
• December 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 of the 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.
• October 10, 1959: DC3 of the Olympic Airways crashes near Tanagra. 18 people are killed.
• October 12, 1967: De Havilland DH.106 Comet of the British European Airways crashes off Rhodes, killing 66 people on board.
• December 8, 1969: Douglas DC-6 of the Olympic Airways from Chania to Athens crashes in Keratea. 90 people are killed.
• January 12, 1970: Douglas C-47 of the Hellenic Air Force crashes in Vilia, resulting in the death of 23 people.
• October 21, 1972: NAMC YS-11 of the Olympic Airways crashes in Athens. 37 people are killed.
• September 6, 1973: Two Mirage V's of the Belgian Air Force crash into the Lefka Ori mountains within one minute of each other, killing their pilots.
• September 8, 1974: TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea. All 79 passengers and 9 crew members were killed.
• February 9, 1975: Transall C-160 of Luftwaffe crashes in Chania, killing 40 people.
• November 23, 1976: NAMC YS-11 of the Olympic Airways from Athens to Kozani crashes near Sarantaporo. Fatalities 50.
• October 7, 1979: A Douglas DC-8 Swissair Flight 316 lands at Athens Ellinikon International Airport, overshooting the runway and killing fourteen passengers. The plane touches down at too great a speed and too far along the runway for the pilots to use sufficient braking and reverse thrust.
• April 2, 1986: TWA Flight 840 is bombed on the way to Athens, sucking out 4 on board. The plane landed safely.
• August 3, 1989: Short 330 of the Olympic Airways from Thessaloniki to Samos crashes in the Kerketeus range of mountains. All 34 people on board are killed.
• February 5, 1991: The worst accident in the history of the Hellenic Air Force. Lockheed C-130H Hercules 748 crashes into Mount Othrys. 63 were reported killed.
• June 18, 1992: A Greek Mirage F-1 engaged in a dogfight to intercept Turkish F-16's crashes into the sea near Agios Efstratios killing its pilot.
• August 31, 1995: Antonov AN-26 of Force Aérienne du Mali crashes 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Makedonia International Airport in Thessaloniki. 6 people die.
• January 31, 1996: Bell 212 helicopter of the Greek Navy flying a reconnaissance mission during the Imia crisis crashes over the islets (some speculating due to Turkish fire). The 3 Greek officers aboard the helicopter die.
• December 17, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-42 of the Aerosvit Airlines crashes into the Pierian mountains in Central Macedonia. The exact spot of the crash was discovered 3 days later, cause of the bad weather conditions and the mountainous landscape. 70 people are killed.
• December 20, 1997: Lockheed Hercules C-130 of the Hellenic Air Force crashes into Pastra Mountain near Tanagra, cause of bad weather conditions, killing 5 people. The military aircraft was due to transfer soldiers from Tanagra to Pieria, in order to take part in the operations for the discovery of the Ukrainian plane which had crashed 3 days earlier.
• September 11, 2004: The helicopter carrying Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria along with 16 others (including journalists and three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria) crashes into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic community of Mount Athos, arguably after an explosion. None survived. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
• August 14, 2005: After fears that it could crash in Athens' center, Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes in Grammatiko, killing all 121 people on board. This was the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Greece.
• May 23, 2006: A Greek and a Turkish F-16 collide in mid air off the island of Karpathos and crash in the Aegean. The Greek pilot is killed.
• October 3, 2006: Turkish Airlines Flight 1476 is hijacked in Greek airspace.
• August 26, 2010: Two Hellenic Air Force F-16's collide mid air during a training exercise south of Crete, near Chrysi.
• February 11, 2016: A Hellenic Navy Bell 212 helicopter crashes during a training exercise on the island of Kinaros, close to Amorgos.

References

• 2 Greek F-16s collide in mid air. F16.net
• Greek F-16 Collision, 2nd Pilot Dies. Keeptalkinggreece.com
• Aviation accidents in Greece
• BBC article
• CNN article
• ASN Aircraft accident description Yakovlev 42 UR-42334 - Thessaloniki
• Death of Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria