Prague - Zurich

On August 18, 1970 at 02:40 PM, Prague - Zurich experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-124, operated by CSA Czech Airlines - Ceskoslovenské Státní Aerolinie, with the event recorded near Zurich-Kloten Zurich.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 20 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Zurich-Kloten Airport, the flight engineer encountered technical issues with the cabine pressure and was forced to control it manually. Focused on this problem, he failed to hear and understand the instruction of the captain to lower the gear. In such circumstances, the airplane landed on its belly on runway 16 and slid for 875 meters before coming to rest in flames. All 20 occupants were quickly evacuated and uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Apparently, the crew failed to hear the gear alarm.

Aircraft reference details include registration OK-TEB, MSN 4 35 15 04, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4439°, 8.5715°.