Date: | Saturday 24 November 1951 |
Time: | 07:25 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | El Al Israel Airlines |
Registration: | 4X-ADN |
MSN: | 10512 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km NE of Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
Switzerland
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA) |
Destination airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
Narrative:Crashed into a forest between the villages of Winkel and Rüti while on approach to Zürich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland. The aircraft was on a cargo flight (textiles) to Amsterdam.
Visibility at the time of the accident was reported to be 7 km with a cloud base at 250 m.
Sources:
Nouvelliste Valaisan, 25 Nov. 1951 Feuille d'avis de Neuchâtel, 26 Nov. 1951 Location
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