Britannia Airways Flight 105


Britannia Airways Flight 105 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Luton Airport for a flight to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport. The flight was operated by Bristol Britannia G-ANBB with 110 passengers and seven crew on board. The aircraft crash occurred on 1 September 1966 at 00:47 during the approach, when the aircraft struck trees in the woods between Lahovče and Nasovče under cloudy conditions. Ninety-eight of the 117 passengers and crew died in the accident.
The reason cited for the accident was a wrong setting of the altimeter.