| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km NE of Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA) |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
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
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