Stockholm – Copenhagen – Zagreb – Belgrade

On January 26, 1972 at 05:01 PM, Stockholm – Copenhagen – Zagreb – Belgrade experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by JAT Yugoslav Airlines - Jugoslovenski Aerotransport, with the event recorded near Ceská Kamenice Ústí nad Labem Region (Ústecký kraj).

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

28 people were known to be on board, 27 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 96.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The airplane was completing a scheduled flight from Stockholm to Belgrade with intermediate stops in Copenhagen and Zagreb. After it passed the Czech border, while cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet, the airplane disappeared from radar screens without the pilots having been able to transmit all or part of an emergency message. Debris were found near the city of Ceská Kamenice, in the north of Czechoslovakia, near the East German border. 27 occupants were killed and a flight attendant, Mrs. Vesna Vujovic, was found alive on her seat located by the tail. Seriously wounded, she passed 18 months in a hospital.

Aircraft reference details include registration YU-AHT, MSN 47482, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7994°, 14.4166°.