Invicta International Airlines Flight 435

When

10 Apr 1973

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

47.45° N, 7.62° E

Description

1973 plane crash in Switzerland

Deaths

108

Injured

37

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

1973 crash near Hochwald, Switzerland

Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 (IM435) was a Vickers Vanguard 952, flying from Bristol Lulsgate to Basel-Mulhouse, which crashed into a forested hillside near Hochwald, Switzerland on 10 April 1973. The aircraft somersaulted and broke up, killing 108 people, with 37 survivors. To date, this is the deadliest accident involving a Vickers Vanguard and the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Swiss soil.

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