Air disaster

Malév Airlines Flight 731

28 Aug 1971 · 55.70° N, 12.78° E

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When
28 Aug 1971
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
55.70° N, 12.78° E
Description
1971 aviation accident
Deaths
31
Injured
3
Cause
microburst

Malév Flight 731

1971 aviation accident

Malév Hungarian Airlines Flight 731 was a scheduled passenger flight between Oslo-Fornebu Airport and Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, via Copenhagen Airport and Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. On 28 August 1971, during a heavy rainstorm, the aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-18, registration HA-MOC, crashed into the sea about 600 meters off the north coast of Saltholm, about 10 kilometres from the airport.

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