- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 19, 2006
Time: 1930
Location: Near Telkibanya, Hungary
Operator: Military - Slovak Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Pristina - Kosice
AC Type: Antonov AN-24V
Registration: 5605
cn / ln: 97305605
Aboard: 43   (passengers:35  crew:8)
Fatalities: 42   (passengers:34  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: A plane carrying peacekeeping soldiers crashed in a snowy forest at an altitude of 2,300 feet after taking the wrong flight path. The plane crashed about 18 miles from its destination of Kosice. Pilot error. The pilot chose to land without the help of the airport's radars, relying only on his own visual contact with the airport.
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