2 km (1.3 mls) west off Würenlingen, Switzerland 47°32′11″N8°14′23″E / 47.53639°N 8.23972°E / 47.53639; 8.23972
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Convair CV-990-30A-6 Coronado
Aircraft name
Baselland
Operator
Swissair
IATA flight No.
SR330
ICAO flight No.
SWR330
Call sign
SWISSAIR 330
Registration
HB-ICD
Flight origin
Zurich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland
Stopover
Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport, Israel
Destination
Kai Tak Airport, British Hong Kong
Occupants
47
Passengers
38
Crew
9
Fatalities
47
Survivors
0
Investigation of the crash debrisMemorial near the crash site
Swissair Flight 330 (SR330/SWR330) was a regularly scheduled flight from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland, to Hong Kong with a planned stopover in Tel Aviv, Israel. A bomb planted by two members of the PLO exploded soon after takeoff, causing the plane to crash, killing all 47 passengers and crew.[1][2]
^"Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2003". International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. 20 December 2003. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^Rubin, Barry; Rubin, Judith Colp (2015). Chronologies of Modern Terrorism. Routledge. p. 186. ISBN 9781317474654.
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