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Olympic Airways Flight 214

29 Oct 1959 · at Avlonas, Attica, on Mount Parnitha, near Athens Greece

Olympic Airlines Unknown · Controlled flight into terrain

From Athens "Ellinikon" State Airport to Thessaloniki "Macedonia" International State Airport

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
19 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Unknown

RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
SX-BAD
Onboard fatalities
19
Route
From Athens "Ellinikon" State AirportTo Thessaloniki "Macedonia" International State Airport

Approximate · Estimated position: Avlonas, Attica, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

Olympic Airways Flight 214 on 29 October 1959 was a scheduled aircraft flight with a tragic outcome, when the Douglas DC-3 aeroplane crashed at Avlonas, Attica, on Mount Parnitha, near Athens. All those on board (16 passengers and 3 crew members) lost their lives in the crash.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Greek Wikipedia article “Πτήση 214 της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας” (revision 11643488, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Greek Wikipedia article: Πτήση 214 της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας
Article
Πτήση 214 της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
11643488 · 2026-05-28 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q31283961
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
el Wikipedia article "Πτήση 214 της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας" (page 493535, revision 11643488), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Greek Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.