Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 DEC 1953 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: | Convair CV-240-12 |
| Operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-AWO |
| C/n / msn: | 128 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 43 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,5 km (1.6 mls) N of Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) (Switzerland)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR), Belgium |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland |
The Convair descended below the glidepath in dark and bad weather and crashed 2,5 kms short of Runway 16.
CAUSE: 'Approach procedure badly carried out by pilot'. Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (172)
» Journal de Genève (Dec 21, 1953)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Zürich-Kloten Airport as the crow flies is 479 km (300 miles).
Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Zürich-Kloten Airport as the crow flies is 479 km (300 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
