ČSA Flight 548

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1956 Wasterkingen Ilyushin Il-12 plane crash
Ilyushin Il-12B
OperatorČSA Czechoslovak Airlines
RegistrationOK-DBP
Flight originZürich, Switzerland
DestinationPrague, Czechoslovakia
Occupants23
Passengers18[1]
Crew5[1]
Fatalities23[1]
Survivors0

On 24 November 1956 the

Zurich-Kloten Airport the airplane crashed 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the airport in a field near Eglisau and Wasterkingen
, Switzerland. All 23 people on board were killed.

On the same day another international scheduled passenger flight crashed, the

1956 Paris DC-6 crash
.

The crash is listed as one of the main flight accidents in Switzerland.[2]

Flight and crash

The affected airplane of the crash was an Ilyushin Il-12 with tail number "OK-DBP". It was operated by ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines. The airplane was seven years old with its first flight in 1949.[1] Earlier in the day on 24 November 1956, the airplane had already done a return flight from Prague to Zürich. During this return flight it was reported that the airplane had already had engine problems.[3]

In the evening on 24 November 1956 the airplane departed again from

Zurich-Kloten Airport for an international passenger flight from Zürich to Prague. Shortly after take-off the airplane experienced an engine failure. While attempting to return to the airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed with its nose first at 18:20 local time 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the airport in a field near Wasterkingen, Switzerland close to the German border. After hitting the ground the aircraft exploded. All 23 people on board were killed. Due to the impact a crater 10 metres wide and 3 meters deep was formed.[4][5][6]

Soon after the crash, Czechoslovak aviation experts started an investigation.[7]

Victims

Nationality of the victims
Nationality Crew Passengers
China 10
Czechoslovakia 6
Bolivia 2
Total 5 18

There were 23 people on board the airplane: 18 passengers and 5 crew members. All 23 people were killed in the crash. The passengers consisted of 10 Chinese people, six Czech people and two Bolivian people.[7] The pilot of the flight was Josef Plechatý.[8]

Among the passengers were five people from the Czechoslovak ice hockey team

Zdeněk Nový.[11][12]

The ten Chinese people were members of the China National Opera from Beijing.[11] They were on return to China after an opera tour in Latin America and Western Europe.[5][3]

References

  1. ^
    Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on 2 July 2023.
  2. Tages Anzeiger
    (in German). 5 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Twee ernstige vliegrampen 33 en 23 doden". Nieuwe Winterswijksche courant (in Dutch). 26 November 1956 – via Delpher.
  4. ^ "Crash of an Ilyushin Il-12B in Eglisau: 23 killed". baaa-acro.com.
  5. ^ a b "Twee vliegtuigongelukken eisten 57 slachtoffers". Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg (in Dutch). Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg [nl]. 26 November 1956 – via Delpher.
  6. ^ "Als es 1956 in Wasterkingen Uhren vom Himmel regnete". Der Landbote (in German). 23 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Tsjechisch vliegtuig bij Zürich neergestort". Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant (in Dutch). 26 November 1956 – via Delpher.
  8. ^ ACCIDENTS ET INCIDENTS D'AÉRONEFS 1940 – 1959 histaero.ch
  9. ^ "Vzpomínky. Chomutov si připomíná leteckou tragédii hokejistů" (in Czech). 24 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Černý den kdysi prožil i Chomutov. Letadlo pohřbilo hráče a vedení" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Vliegrampen eisen 35 en 23 doden". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 26 November 1956 – via Delpher.
  12. ^ "56 doden bij twee vliegtuigrampen". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 26 November 1956 – via Delpher.

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