1967 Nicosia Globe Air Bristol Britannia crash

1967 aviation accident April 2025 Accident Globe_Air_Bristol_175_Britannia_313_at_Schiphol.jpg HB-ITB, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen here at Schiphol Airport in 1965 20 April 1967 Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) 3.5 km south of Nicosia Airport Bristol Britannia 313 Globe Air HB-ITB Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok Colombo International Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport), Mumbai, India Cairo International Airport diverted to Nicosia International Airport Basel International Airport, Basel, Switzerland 130 120 10 3 126 4 On 20 April 1967, a Bristol Britannia aircraft of the Swiss airline Globe Air flew into the ground 3.5 km mi south of Nicosia Airport, in Cyprus killing 126 of the 130 passengers and crew on board. This accident is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Cyprus. Accident The Britannia was operating a charter flight bringing tourists from Bangkok in Thailand to Basel in Switzerland with stopovers in Colombo, Bombay, and Cairo. The flight stopped at Colombo in Sri Lanka and then Bombay in India with the next stop due to be Cairo. The crew diverted the flight to Nicosia due to bad weather at Cairo. The aircraft was on the third attempt to land on Runway 32 in a violent thunderstorm when it flew into a hill near the village of Lakatamia and burst into flames. At the time of the crash, both pilots had exceeded their authorized duty time by three hours. The flight's first officer had less than 50 hours flying time in Britannia aircraft.Aviation Disasters Second Edition Gero David Patrick Stephens Limited 1996 72 Two German (Christa Blümel and Peter Femfert) and two Swiss (Verena Gysin and Nicolas Pulver) passengers survived; three of them were seriously injured and were treated at a United Nations field hospital near Nicosia, the fourth, Nicolas Pulver, was reported to be unhurt. Legacy The crash culminated in Globe Air's bankruptcy and the sale of paintings that led to the 1967 Basel Picasso paintings purchase referendum.Hamilton Thomas J. Citizens of Basel Vote to Buy Two Early Picassos; Museum Wages Fight Chemical Industry Helps The New York Times 1967-12-18 https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/18/archives/citizens-of-basel-vote-to-buy-two-early-picassos-museum-wages-fight.html en-US References 19670420-1 Britannia Crash Kills 126 – Cyprus storm disaster 21 April 1967 4 56921 D Man Unscathed in Cyprus Plane Crash; 126 Killed The Washington Observer (Pennsylvania) (via Google News) Associated Press 21 April 1967 F5 23995 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QuJdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=714NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4665,6177462 35 06 30 N 33 17 14 E region:CY_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki title Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1967 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Cyprus Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Bristol Britannia Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Category:1967 in Cyprus Category:April 1967 in Europe Category:1967 disasters in Cyprus Cyprus Switzerland Aviation 1960s