ČSA Flight 548
A Ilyushin Il-12 of ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines similar to the incident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 November 1956 |
| Summary | Engine failure shortly after take-off |
| Site | Eglisau, Switzerland |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-12B |
| Operator | ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines |
| Registration | OK-DBP |
| Flight origin | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Destination | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupants | 23 |
| Passengers | 18 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 24 November 1956 the ČSA Czechoslovak Airlines Ilyushin Il-12B "OK-DBP" was an international scheduled passenger flight from Zürich to Prague. Shortly after take off from Zurich-Kloten Airport the airplane crashed 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the airport in a field near Eglisau and Wasterkingen, Switzerland. All 23 people on board were killed.
On the same day another international scheduled passenger flight crashed, the 1956 Paris DC-6 crash.
The crash is listed as one of the main flight accidents in Switzerland.