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Olympic Aviation Flight 545

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Summary
  
Pilot error

Crew
  
3

Aircraft type
  
Shorts 330-200

Operator
  
Survivor
  
0

Passengers
  
31

Survivors
  
0

Date
  
3 August 1989

Fatalities
  
34 (all)

Location
  
Kerkis

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Site
  
Mount Kerkis, Samos, Greece

Destination
  
Samos International Airport

Similar
  
United Express Flight 2415, Cubana de Aviación Flight 9646, Independent Air Flight 1851, Korean Air Flight 803, Flying Tiger Line Flight 66

Olympic Aviation Flight 545, a Shorts 330-200 crashed into a cloud-shrouded Mount Kerkis on Samos due to the pilots using Visual Flight Rules in Instrumental Flight Rules conditions. All on board perished. This accident is the worst involving a Shorts 330.

References

Olympic Aviation Flight 545 Wikipedia