Britannia Airways Flight 105
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]
 A Britannia Airways Bristol 175 Britannia like the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 September 1966 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | 3 km (1.9 mls) SE of Brnik Airport, Yugoslavia[1] |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Bristol 175 Britannia 102 |
| Operator | Britannia Airways |
| Registration | G-ANBB |
| Flight origin | London Luton Airport, United Kingdom |
| Destination | Brnik Airport, Yugoslavia[1] |
| Passengers | 110 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 98 |
| Survivors | 19 |
References
- Slovenia since 1991.
- "The Britannia aircraft approached Ljubljana runway 31 at night when it crashed into trees". Aviation-safety.net. 22 April 1966. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- "Največja letalska nesreča pri nas." 1966. Kamniški občan 5(5): 15. (in Slovene)
- "Letalske nesreče pod drobnogledom." (in Slovene)
- "95 Persons Perish As British Airliner Crashes in Yugoslavia". Indiana Evening Gazette. 1 September 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Altimeter setting in doubt at Ljubljana". Flight International. Vol. 94 no. 3105. 12 September 1968. pp. 397–398.
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