El Al Flight 402

Cuándo

27 jul 1955

Tipo

Desastre aéreo

Coordenadas

41.40° N, 23.22° E

Description

1955 airliner shootdown

Deaths

58

1955 airliner shootdown

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.

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