Passengers 35 Survivors 0 Operator Air Serbia Survivor 0 Crew count 6 | Injuries (non-fatal) N/A Date 11 September 1973 Fatalities 41 (all) Passenger count 35 | |
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Summary Control tower error, radar malfunction, CFIT Site Near Titograd, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia Aircraft type Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N Similar EgyptAir Flight 741, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Fl, Aviaco Flight 118, Aeroflot Flight 141, National Airlines Flight 27 | ||
A domestic JAT Yugoslav Airlines (Serbo-Croatian: Југословенски Аеротранспорт or Jugoslovenski Aerotransport) flight, carried out by a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N (Registration: YU-AHD), was nearing its end completing a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje, SR Macedonia to Titograd (today's Podgorica), SR Montenegro when it crashed into Maganik mountain killing all 41 passengers and crew, along with the aircraft being written off.
Accident
The flight, a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje to Titograd, was nearing its end. Allegedly, the flight was instructed to start descent, although the aircraft was not visible on radar (which were allegedly not working well at the time) nor could the control tower staff make visual contact with the aircraft. At the time of the flight, there were no qualified staff at the control tower in Titograd. The flight was asked to descend to a flight level of 6,000 feet or a height it saw fit. The aircraft crashed into the peak of Babin zub on Maganik mountain near Kolašin. All 41 people on board died in the accident.