ČSA Flight 001
ČSA Ilyushin Il-18, similar aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 28, 1976, 9:37 CEST |
| Summary | Pilot error and/or technical failure |
| Site | Lake Zlaté Piesky near M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 48°10′55″N 17°11′24″E / 48.18194°N 17.19000°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Operator | ČSA |
| Registration | OK-NAB |
| Flight origin | Ruzyně International Airport, Prague |
| Destination | M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava |
| Occupants | 79 |
| Passengers | 73 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 76 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 3 |
Czechoslovak Airlines Flight 001 was an Ilyushin Il-18B four engine turboprop airliner, registered OK-NAB, which was operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Prague's Ruzyně airport to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport, both in Czechoslovakia, which crashed into the Zlaté Piesky (Golden Sands) Lake while attempting to land in Bratislava on July 28, 1976. All 6 crew members and 70 out of 73 passengers died.