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Swissair Flight 330

21 Feb 1970 · 2 km (1.3 mls) west off Würenlingen, Switzerland

Convair CV-990-30A-6 Coronado · Terrorist bombing causing loss of control

From Zürich Airport (ZRH) to Kai Tak Airport, British Hong Kong

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
47 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
47
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Convair CV-990-30A-6 Coronado

Flight
SR330
Aircraft type
Convair CV-990
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
HB-ICD
Operator
Swissair
Onboard fatalities
47
Route
From Zürich Airport (ZRH)To Kai Tak Airport, British Hong Kong

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Swissair Flight 330 (SR330/SWR330) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Kloten, Switzerland, to Hong Kong (then a British colony) with an intermediate stopover in Tel Aviv, Israel. On 21 February 1970, a bomb exploded soon after takeoff, causing the plane to crash, killing all 47 passengers and crew. No one was ever charged over the attack, but some sources attribute it to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP–GC).

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Wikipedia article: Swissair Flight 330
Article
Swissair Flight 330
Revision
1373384414 · 2026-09-05 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q673726
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Wikipedia article "Swissair Flight 330" (page 1306074, revision 1373384414)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
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Operation
airline flight number in the infobox
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.