| Date: | Sunday 26 December 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | HB-IFR |
| MSN: | 47112/199 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE) -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW) |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
The DC-9 collided with a Beechcraft 95-C55 Baron (HB-GCY) on takeoff, causing substantial damage to the nose section.
The Baron was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Sources:
De Telegraaf 27-12-1971
British Pathé
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 June 1969 | HB-IFR | Swissair | 0 | Geneva International Airport (GVA/LSGG) |  |
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| Collision with ground object | ||||||
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