1976 Zagreb mid-air collision
The 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision took place on 10 September 1976, when British Airways Flight 476, a Hawker Siddeley Trident en route from London to Istanbul, collided mid-air with Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 en route from Split, SFR Yugoslavia, to Cologne, West Germany, near Zagreb in modern-day Croatia. The collision was the result of a procedural error on the part of air traffic controllers in Zagreb.
A simulated picture of the mid-air collision. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 September 1976 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision caused by ATC error and malfunctioning radar |
| Site | Near Zagreb, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia 45°53′33″N 16°18′38″E |
| Total fatalities | 176 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| G-AWZT, the Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B involved in the collision | |
| Type | Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B |
| Operator | British Airways |
| IATA flight No. | BA476 |
| ICAO flight No. | BEA476 |
| Call sign | BEALINE 476 |
| Registration | G-AWZT |
| Flight origin | Heathrow Airport London, United Kingdom |
| Destination | Yeşilköy Int'l Airport Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupants | 63 |
| Passengers | 54 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 63 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| YU-AJR, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 involved in the collision | |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | Inex-Adria Aviopromet |
| IATA flight No. | JP550 |
| ICAO flight No. | ADR550 |
| Call sign | ADRIA 550 |
| Registration | YU-AJR |
| Flight origin | Split Airport Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Destination | Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne, West Germany |
| Occupants | 113 |
| Passengers | 108 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 113 |
| Survivors | 0 |
All 176 people aboard the two aircraft were killed,: 8 : 5–6 making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision at the time. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in Yugoslav and Croatian history. This is also the only British Airways accident to result in fatalities.
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