Accident

Status:
Date:	20 APR 1967
Time:	01:13
Type:	Bristol 175 Britannia 313
Operator:	Globe Air
Registration:	HB-ITB
C/n / msn:	13232
First flight:	1957
Total airframe hrs:	20632
Cycles:	6780
Crew:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10
Passengers:	Fatalities: 117 / Occupants: 120
Total:	Fatalities: 126 / Occupants: 130
Airplane damage:	Written off
Location:	3,5 km (2.2 mls) S of Nicosia Airport (NIC) (Cyprus)
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB), India
Destination airport:	Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt

Narrative:
The Britannia operated on a flight from Bangkok to Basel with intermediate stops at Colombo, Mumbai (Bombay) and Cairo. The crew didn't fly to Cairo, but elected to fly to Nicosia instead. The plane was cleared to land at runway 32, but appeared to be a little high on the approach. The approach was abandoned and a left circuit was entered to position for a new approach. While executing a low circuit the aircraft collided with the ground.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted from an attempt to make an approach at a height too low to clear rising ground."

Events:

Result - CFIT - Hill, mountain

Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume II (151-155)

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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