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]

References

1. Slovenia since 1991.
2. "The Britannia aircraft approached Ljubljana runway 31 at night when it crashed into trees". Aviation-safety.net. 22 April 1966. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
3. "Največja letalska nesreča pri nas." 1966. Kamniški občan 5(5): 15. (Slovene)
4. "Letalske nesreče pod drobnogledom." (Slovene)
5. "95 Persons Perish As British Airliner Crashes in Yugoslavia". Indiana Evening Gazette. 1 September 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Altimeter setting in doubt at Ljubljana". Flight International. Vol. 94 no. 3105. 12 September 1968. pp. 397–398.