JAT Flight 367
JAT Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf (located in or around Hinterhermsdorf, in the present-day municipality of Sebnitz), East Germany, while en route from Stockholm, Sweden, to Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, on 26 January 1972. The aircraft, piloted by Captain Ludvik Razdrih and First Officer Ratko Mihić, broke into three pieces and spun out of control, crashing near the village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). Of the 28 on board, 27 were killed upon ground impact and one Serbian crew member, Vesna Vulović (1950–2016), survived. She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute at 10,160 m (33,330 ft).
YU-AHT, the aircraft involved in the accident, 210 days before the bombing. | |
| Bombing and break-up | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 January 1972 |
| Summary | Bombing |
| Site | Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia (now Srbská Kamenice, Czech Republic) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | JAT |
| Registration | YU-AHT |
| Flight origin | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm, Sweden |
| Stopover | Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Last stopover | Zagreb Airport Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) |
| Destination | Belgrade Airport Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) |
| Passengers | 23 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 27 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |