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4 unusual facts about Swissair Flight 306


Dürrenäsch

Particularly tragic events were the big fire in the village in 1782 and in 1963, the crash of Swissair Flight 306 on the outskirts of Dürrenäsch (killing all 80 on board).

Swissair Flight 306

At 06:22 the aircraft crashed into the ground on the outskirts of Dürrenäsch, approximately 35 km from Zürich Airport.

43 people from Humlikon boarded the plane to visit a farm test site near Geneva.

It crashed near Dürrenäsch, Aargau, on September 4, 1963, shortly after take-off, killing all 80 people on board.



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