Braathens SAFE Flight 239: Approach to Fornebu, Norway, 1972
A Fokker F28 on a pre-Christmas domestic flight turned too early towards Oslo's Fornebu airport and struck hills in Asker. Forty of the 45 on board died.
Controlled flight into terrain
Controlled flight into terrain accidents, where a crew-controlled aircraft struck the ground, explained from official reports: the causes and what changed.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866: Approach to Juneau, Alaska, 1971
On 4 September 1971 an Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 struck a mountain west of Juneau on a routine approach. The NTSB found misleading navigation data but could not say where it came from.
Nicosia Britannia Accident, Cyprus, 20 April 1967
A Swiss charter Bristol Britannia flew into a hill south of Nicosia in a thunderstorm in April 1967. 126 of the 130 people on board died, making it the deadliest air accident in Cyprus.