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Crash of a Cessna 501 Citation I/SP in Salzburg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1988 at 1604 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OE-FFK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Salzburg – Innsbruck
MSN:
501-0124
YOM:
1979
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Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Two minutes after takeoff from Salzburg-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Airport runway 16/34, while climbing to a height of 3,300 feet, the crew initiated a right turn when the aircraft collided with a private Cessna 172 registered OE-DLC and carrying four people. Both aircraft entered a dive and crashed few km west of the airport. All six people in both aircraft were killed.