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| Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1960 |
| Time: | 15:54 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-440 |
| Owner/operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | HB-IMR |
| MSN: | 429 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
| Vienna | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Hit a vehicle on take off, returned to Zurich for an emergency landing. The vehicle was destroyed and both occupants died.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BFU Switzerland
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 1971 | YU-ADV | Pan Adria | 0 | Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari Airport (TRS) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2024 19:16 | ASN | Added |
| 25-Jul-2024 16:28 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2024 16:29 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 27-Oct-2025 07:13 | ASN | Updated |
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