Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv

On January 21, 1970 at 12:00 AM, Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv experienced a crash involving IAI 1124 Westwind, operated by Israel Aerospace Industries - IAI, with the event recorded near Beit She'an Northern District.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (two technicians and two pilots) was engaged in a test flight, the third of this model, part of the certification program. En route, an unexpected situation occurred and all four crew members decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Beit She'an. While all four occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 4X-COJ, MSN 29, year of manufacture 1965.