26
Mar
Saab 340A – HB-AHA
The undercarriage was erroneously retracted while the aircraft was on the ground during a training session. Apparently the undercarriag...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 – TU-TAL
Air Afrique Flight 056, a DC-10 which had originated in Brazzaville, Congo, was hijacked over northern Italy while en route from Rome t...
26
Mar
Boeing 737-228 –
An Air France flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Paris, France was hijacked by a male passenger who was armed with a knife. He demanded ...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 – EC-BIT
Brandishing machine guns, three Spanish Foreign Legion deserters drove a stolen vehicle onto the air operations area at Fuerteventura I...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-300 –
One passenger dropped a note near a flight attendant who was taking a nap. He demanding the release of several prisoners, a.o. Rudolf H...
26
Mar
Boeing 727-256 – EC-CBI
A male Italian hijacker demanded to see his 3-year old daughter in Ivory Coast and his 6-year old daughter in Italy. The airplane made ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3) – 42-68846
The C-53 transport plane crash-landed at the 8000 feet-level of the Gauli Glacier. The survivors had to stay on the glacier for five ni...
26
Mar
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 44-39213
On landing at Zrich-Dbendorf Airport the right main landing gear folded up and engine No. 4 caught fire as a result of the propeller ...
26
Mar
Junkers Ju-52/3m – BJ+YV
Coming from the south of France, the German military transport plane entered Swiss airspace. The plane was intercepted by four Moranes ...
26
Mar
Junkers Ju-52/3mte – D-AVFB
Crashed on Piz Cengalo mountain (3,369 m) in the Bregaglia range. One postal bag found in the Cengalo glacier 1952.