What the records say
- When
- 19 Jan 1960
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.02° N, 32.92° E
- Description
- 1960 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 42
Placed at the coordinates of its Wikipedia articles (2 of 2 languages agree).
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871
1960 aviation accident in Turkey
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 was a scheduled flight from Copenhagen in Denmark to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, with several intermediate stops, operated by Scandinavian Airlines System. On 19 January 1960, the Sud Aviation Caravelle flying the service crashed while operating a leg between Yeşilköy Airport, Turkey and Esenboğa International Airport in Turkey.
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