ČSA Flight 540

1975 plane crash of a CSA Il-62 near Damascus, Syria, killing 126

Event Aircraft Crash Q12033079

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: aircraft crash
Country: Syria^[1]
Location: Damascus, Damascus International Airport^[4]^[5]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 33.519°, 36.669°
Destination point: Damascus International Airport, Mehrabad International Airport^[13]^[14]
Flight number: OK540^[20]
Has cause: pilot error^[7]
Has immediate cause: controlled flight into terrain^[15]
Item operated: Ilyushin Il-62^[2]
Number of deaths: +126^[8]
Number of injured: +2^[10]
Number of participants: +128^[9]
Number of survivors: +2^[16]
Operator: Czech Airlines^[3]
Point in time: August 20, 1975^[6]
Start point: Václav Havel Airport Prague, Czechoslovakia^[11]^[12]
Vessel: Ilyushin Il-62^[17]
Via: Damascus International Airport, Baghdad International Airport^[18]^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en OK540 en CSA Flight 540 en ČSA Flight 540 en Flight 540 ar حادث الرحلة 540 ar حادث الرحلة ٥٤٠ (خطوط سي إس إيه) cs Let ČSA 540 de ČSA-Flug 540 es Vuelo 540 de Czech Airlines fi ČSA:n lento 540 fr vol ČSA 540 it Volo ČSA 540 ja チェコスロバキア航空540便墜落事故 pl Katastrofa lotu ČSA 540 ru Катастрофа Ил-62 под Дамаском zh 捷克斯洛伐克航空540号班机空难 zh-hant 捷克斯洛伐克航空540號班機空難

🔖 Identifiers · 2

Aviation Safety Network accident ID: 19750820-0
Freebase ID: /m/0y4xr4w

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🔗 Connections

Destination point 2

Mehrabad International Airport, Damascus International Airport

Location 2

Damascus, Damascus International Airport

Start point 2

Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel Airport Prague

Via 2

Baghdad International Airport, Damascus International Airport

← Significant event 2

Czech Airlines, Ilyushin Il-62

Country 1

Syria

Has cause 1

pilot error

Has immediate cause 1

controlled flight into terrain

Instance of 1

aircraft crash

Item operated 1

Ilyushin Il-62

Operator 1

Czech Airlines

Vessel 1

Ilyushin Il-62

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — country (P17): Syria. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — item operated (P121): Ilyushin Il-62. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — operator (P137): Czech Airlines. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — location (P276): Damascus. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — location (P276): Damascus International Airport. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — point in time (P585): August 20, 1975. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — has cause (P828): pilot error. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — number of deaths (P1120): 126. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — number of participants (P1132): 128. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — number of injured (P1339): 2. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — start point (P1427): Václav Havel Airport Prague. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — start point (P1427): Czechoslovakia. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — destination point (P1444): Damascus International Airport. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — destination point (P1444): Mehrabad International Airport. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — has immediate cause (P1478): controlled flight into terrain. Aviation Safety Network accident description 19750820-0. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — number of survivors (P1561): 2. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — vessel (P1876): Ilyushin Il-62. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — via (P2825): Damascus International Airport. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — via (P2825): Baghdad International Airport. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ ČSA Flight 540 — flight number (P3090): OK540. wikidata.org.

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Start point → Václav Havel Airport Prague, Czechoslovakia

Coordinate location → 33.519°, 36.669°

Via → Damascus International Airport, Baghdad International Airport

Instance of → aircraft crash

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