JAT Airways Flight 769

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JAT Airways Flight 769

The aircraft at London Heathrow Airport in the early 1970s
Accident
Date	September 11, 1973
Summary	Control tower error, radar malfunction, CFIT
Site	Mount Maganik, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia 42°51′44″N 19°22′50″E / 42.86222°N 19.38056°E / 42.86222; 19.38056Coordinates: 42°51′44″N 19°22′50″E / 42.86222°N 19.38056°E / 42.86222; 19.38056
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N
Operator	JAT Yugoslav Airlines
Registration	YU-AHD
Flight origin	Skopje International Airport, Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Destination	Titograd Airport, Titograd, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Occupants	41
Passengers	35
Crew	6
Fatalities	41
Survivors	0

A domestic JAT Yugoslav Airlines (Serbo-Croatian: Југословенски Аеротранспорт or Jugoslovenski Aerotransport) flight, carried out by a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N (Registration: YU-AHD), was nearing its end completing a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje, SR Macedonia to Titograd (today's Podgorica), SR Montenegro when it crashed into Maganik mountain killing all 41 passengers and crew, along with the aircraft being written off.^[1]

Accident[]

The flight, a scheduled domestic Flight JU 769 from Skopje to Titograd, was nearing its end. Allegedly, the flight was instructed to start descent, although the aircraft was not visible on radar (which were allegedly not working well at the time) nor could the control tower staff make visual contact with the aircraft. At the time of the flight, there were no qualified staff at the control tower in Titograd. The flight was asked to descend to a flight level of 6,000 feet or a height it saw fit. The aircraft crashed into the peak of Babin zub on Maganik mountain near Kolašin. All 41 people on board died in the accident.^[1]

See also[]

• List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline

Sources[]

• Dnevnik Online^{[permanent dead link]}
• View of Babin zub (Grandmother's tooth) peak
• Maganik mountain
• Memorial plate of JAT's aeroplane crash in 1973

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