Swissair Flight 306
Crash site of SR 306 near Dürrenäsch | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 September 1963 |
| Summary | In-flight fire leading to hydraulic failure and loss of control |
| Site | Near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland 47°19′29″N 8°09′33″E / 47.32472°N 8.15917°E |
| Aircraft | |
| HB-ICX, sister aircraft to the aircraft HB-ICV lost in the accident. | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Aircraft name | Schaffhausen |
| Operator | Swissair |
| Registration | HB-ICV |
| Flight origin | Zurich Airport |
| Stopover | Geneva International Airport |
| Destination | Fiumicino Airport |
| Passengers | 74 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 80 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III, named Schaffhausen, was a scheduled international flight from Zurich to Rome, via Geneva. It crashed near Dürrenäsch, Aargau, on 4 September 1963, shortly after take-off, killing all 80 people on board.