- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 12, 1967 |
Time: | 0725 |
Location: | Off Rhodes, Greece |
Operator: | British European Airways |
Flight #: | 284 |
Route: | Athens - Nicosia |
AC Type: | de Havilland Comet 4B |
Registration: | G-ARCO |
cn / ln: | 06449 |
Aboard: | 66 (passengers:59 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 66 (passengers:59 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While flying at FL 290 the aircraft was destroyed by a detonation of a high explosive device within the cabin under seat 4A or 5A which severly damaged the aircraft causing it to go out of control and structurally break up at FL150. |
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