Olympic Aviation Flight 545

Olympic Aviation Flight 545

The aircraft involved in the accident, June 1985.
Accident
Date	August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mount Kerkis, Samos, Greece
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Shorts 330-200
Aircraft name	Isle of Milos
Operator	Olympic Aviation
Registration	SX-BGE
Flight origin	Thessaloniki Airport
Destination	Samos Airport
Passengers	31
Crew	3
Fatalities	34
Survivors	0

On 3 August 1989, Olympic Aviation Flight 545, operated by a Shorts 330-200, crashed into a cloud-shrouded Mount Kerkis on Samos due to the pilots using Visual Flight Rules in Instrumental Flight Rules conditions. All on board perished.^[1] This accident is the worst involving a Shorts 330.^[2]

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External links[]

• Olympic Aviation Flight 545 at Airdisaster.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 21, 2015)

Coordinates: 37°43′37″N 26°37′16″E / 37.7270°N 26.6210°E / 37.7270; 26.6210