- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 15, 1960
Time: 0940
Location: Near Jima, Ethiopia
Operator: Ethiopian Airlines
Flight #: 372
Route: Bulchi - Jimma
AC Type: Douglas DC-3
Registration: ET-T-18
cn / ln: 12926
Aboard: 11   (passengers:8  crew:3)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed onto a mountainside at 9,000 ft. The pilot misjudged the weather conditions and continued to fly into deteriorating weather conditions while trying to maintain VFR. The pilot attempted to climb at a speed below the minimum safe climbing speed of the aircraft.
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