On 11 September 1973, JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 769, carried out by a
Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N (Registration: YU-AHD), was nearing its end completing a scheduled domestic flight from
Skopje
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,
SR Macedonia
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to
Titograd
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(modern-day Podgorica),
SR Montenegro when it crashed into Mount
Maganik, in central Montenegro, killing all 41 passengers and crew. The aircraft was 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 or a height it saw fit. The aircraft crashed into the peak of Medvjeđi vrh (2140 m, 7021 ft) on
Maganik mountain near
Kolašin
Kolašin (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, nam ...
. All 41 people on board died in the accident.
The crash is, to date, the deadliest accident in Montenegro.
See also
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List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline
Sources
Dnevnik OnlineView of Babin zub (Grandmother's tooth) peak
References
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