North of Petrich, Bulgaria 41°27′26″N23°15′41″E / 41.45722°N 23.26139°E / 41.45722; 23.26139
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Operator
El Al
Registration
4X-AKC
Flight origin
London Heathrow Airport
Stopover
Wien-Schwechat International Airport
Destination
Lod Airport
Passengers
51
Crew
7
Fatalities
58
Survivors
0
El Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight, operated by a Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, strayed into then-Communist Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All 7 crew and 51 passengers on board the airliner were killed.[1][2] The crash took place amid highly strained relations between the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc and was the deadliest involving the Constellation up to that time.
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
^"Through the Curtain". Time. August 8, 1955. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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