Aero Flight 311
Aero Flight 311, often referred to as the Kvevlax air disaster, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aero O/Y (now Finnair) between Kronoby and Vaasa in Finland. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, crashed in the municipality Kvevlax (Finnish: Koivulahti), nowadays part of Korsholm (Finnish: Mustasaari) on 3 January 1961, killing all twenty-five people on board. The disaster remains the deadliest aviation accident in Finnish history. The investigation revealed that both pilots were intoxicated and should not have been flying.
The tail of OH-LCC at the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 January 1961 |
| Summary | Pilot error aggravated by alcohol intoxication, stall |
| Site | Kvevlax, Korsholm, Ostrobothnia, Finland 63°08′25″N 21°49′58″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator | Aero O/Y |
| Registration | OH-LCC |
| Flight origin | Kronoby Airport |
| Destination | Vaasa Airport |
| Occupants | 25 |
| Passengers | 22 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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