JAT Airways Flight 769

JAT Airways Flight 769

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Accident summary
Date September 11, 1973
Summary Control tower error, radar malfunction, CFIT
Site Near Titograd, 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
Passengers 35
Crew 6
Fatalities 41 (all)
Injuries (non-fatal) N/A
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N
Operator JAT Yugoslav Airlines
Registration YU-AHD

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.

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.

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