ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D LZ-BED Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH)

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Status:
Date:	Monday 18 January 1971
Time:	16:50
Type:	Ilyushin Il-18D
Operator:	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Registration:	LZ-BED
MSN:	186009002
First flight:	1966
Crew:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:	Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 39
Total:	Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 47
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	0,7 km (0.4 mls) N of Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) ( Switzerland)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), France
Destination airport:	Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland

Narrative:
An Ilyushin 18D passenger plane was destroyed when it crashed near Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH), Switzerland. Seven crew members and 38 passengers were killed. One passenger and the captain survived the crash.
The airplane operated on a regular passenger service from Paris, France to Sofia, Bulgaria with an en route stop at Zürich, Switzerland.
The Ilyushin approached Zurich in marginal weather conditions with a runway visual range of 1000 m. At the Middle Marker the aircraft was to the right of and below the glide path. The crew tried to correct this, but the airplane struck the ground with the left wingtip and gear. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in flames.

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:

» Soviet Transports
» World Aircraft Accident Summary - CAP 479
» Flight International 28 January 1971

Photos

accident date: 18-01-1971
type: Ilyushin Il-18D
registration: LZ-BED

LZ-BED

accident date: 18-01-1971
type: Ilyushin Il-18D
registration: LZ-BED

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 Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Zürich-Kloten Airport as the crow flies is 479 km (299 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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