Aircraft Crash site near Buffavento Castle

trackbagger


Joined: 10/09/2011
Posts: 5

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 15:35

Hi to everyone in the forum..its my 1st topic..Would anyone know of the coordinates to the crashsite of the Boeing 727 that crashed near Buffavento castle on the 27/02/88 and also an Ilyusian aircraft that crashed near Karavas on 29.01.73..I am visiting Cyprus for the 1st time in October,and visit sites regularly in the UK.



Thanks..

astro941


Joined: 22/05/2011
Posts: 193

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 16:37

Hi Trackbagger,



Attending the incident in 1973 as a member of RAF Akrotiri Mountain Rescue Team, I have a detailed report of the Illushin 18 crash above Lapithos including photographs and a map - British Military Sheet No 4011/IV Map Ref 169 081. Regarding the other crash I have visited a trashed memorial in the car park at Bufevento Castle but I have not other information.



Regards

Les Smith

russianbabe


Joined: 19/08/2011
Posts: 130

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 16:39

strange hobby you have,enjoy the sun ,relax and have a few cocktails

astro941


Joined: 22/05/2011
Posts: 193

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 16:49

You forgot horizontal jogging.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 16:55

Full details are here.



http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=02271988®=TC-AKD&airline=Talia+Airways



If you google it you can find more including some pictures but it was very close to the castle itself.

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 17:03

The crash sites of the Ilyushin IL-18D run by Egyptair and the Boeing 727 run by Talia Airways are now within military controled area and there is no access to the public.

You can however get close to the Talia Airways crash site. By car, preferably a 4X4, leave Girne on the Gazi Magusa road, following the coastal strip eastwards for some 8 miles, until you reach the fork left towards Esentepe and the Karpas. You stay on the main Gazi Magusa road as it heads inland and begins to climb up into the mountains approaching the Besparmak Mountain to your left. At the brow of the pass, signposted tracks, head off to the left and right. To the left is the path to the Sourp Magar Monastery. To the right is the Buffavento track which you must follow for some 6 miles as it runs along the ridge of the mountains.

For Sat Nav Devices the co-ordinates you need to see the monument to the plane crash are:

35 Degrees 17'06.12"N 33 Degress 24'39.92"

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 17:29

Info about the ruined memorial in front of Buffavento Castle:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb_webpages/10_Buffavento_rubbish/tekst_2.html ].

trackbagger


Joined: 10/09/2011
Posts: 5

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 14:16

Thanks to everyone that replied..I do hope to visit the castle and memorial on my trip to Cyprus in October..visiting high ground crash sites is a very popular activety in the UK..If anyone is interested in searching for the crash site?

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 14:49

Hope you enjoy the visit, and of course your hobby... The memorial site at Buffavento is a disgrace to see, as vandals have desecrated the memorial... It should have been repaired and made good in respect of those that lost their lives there.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 00:02

So one site is military controlled

the other vandalised

is that correct ?