London - Innsbruck

On August 28, 1972 at 01:06 PM, London - Innsbruck experienced a crash involving Learjet 23, operated by Vodavia, with the event recorded near Innsbruck Tyrol.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport in limited visibility, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck trees and crashed on a mountain located few km from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-VAM, MSN 23-044, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.2616°, 11.3916°.