Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450
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Inex-Adria Aviopromet
Flight 450, registration YU-AJO, was a Yugoslavia
n charter flight that crashed in Prague
suburb Suchdol on October 30, 1975, killing 75 people of 120 on board. It is the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Czechoslovakia
. Weather was foggy, plane crashed into allotment
, during final approach
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Adria Airways
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Flight 450, registration YU-AJO, was a Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
n charter flight that crashed in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
suburb Suchdol on October 30, 1975, killing 75 people of 120 on board. It is the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. Weather was foggy, plane crashed into allotment
Allotment (gardening)
An allotment garden, often called simply an allotment, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-professional gardening. Such plots are formed by subdividing a piece of land into a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individuals or families...
, during final approach
Final approach (aviation)
A final approach is the last leg in an aircraft's approach to landing. In aviation radio terminology, it is often shortened to "final".In a standard airport landing pattern, which is usually used under visual meteorological conditions , aircraft turn from base leg to final within one to two miles...
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External links
- Accident description, AviationSafetyNetwork
- 1975: letadlo zmizelo v mlze, pak se ozval náraz. Zemřelo 77 lidí, article in Sedmička, including pictures from the site