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Irregularities in the data beginning roughly two minutes later indicated that the fire was causing electrical problems, while wreckage analysis suggested that parts of the airplane were detaching "with increasing frequency" around this time. The left engine had shut down prior to the crash; whether this was from crew action or a failure caused by the fire is unknown. The cause for the final loss of control was not conclusively determined. The rigidity of the left wing and rear fuselage, the integrity of the hydraulic flight control system, and the elevator control unit were all noted as possible areas the fire may have affected in the final portion of the flight to an extent which would have caused a rapid loss of control.
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Further problems arose with the upkeep of the local farms, but people from the nearby villages helped. Apprentices came from local firms, students, firemen, soldiers, boy scouts, railroad workers and policemen, as well as volunteer school children, and even from abroad to help. Approximately 600
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ignited when it came in contact with the overheated landing gear rims. The fire damaged the gear bay, followed by the wing. The data from the airplane's flight recorder combined with a lack of radio calls from the crew suggested that they likely began experiencing difficulties at 06:18.
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516:"Final report of the Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission on the accident of the Swissair aircraft SE-210 Caravelle III HB-ICV on September 4, 1963 near Dürrenäsch AG - Commission meeting March 10, 1965"
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turn before losing height more quickly. It then went into a final, steep dive.
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545:(in Brazilian Portuguese). Vol. 73, no. 208. 1963-09-05. p. 7
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Accidents and incidents involving the Sud
Aviation Caravelle
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1115:Aviation accidents and incidents in Switzerland
649:Aviation accidents and incidents in Switzerland
523:Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board
537:"Jato explode e mata oitenta pessoas na Suíça"
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570:(in German). Humlikon.net. Archived from
1110:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1963
568:"Der Flugzeugabsturz in Dürrenäsch 1963"
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472:"Swissair HB-ICV – 4. September 1963"
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938:Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293
878:Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705
38:Crash site of SR 306 near Dürrenäsch
671:Gauli Glacier C-53 Skytrooper crash
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1058:Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831
229:Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
125:Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
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1135:September 1963 events in Europe
978:United Arab Airlines Flight 869
888:Philippine Air Lines Flight 984
757:Lake Constance Cessna 425 crash
958:NZ National Airways Flight 441
663:San Giacomo Douglas DC-2 crash
474:. Sud Aviation. Archived from
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781:Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
858:Elephant Mountain B-52 crash
175:Geneva International Airport
1048:Poonch IAF helicopter crash
399:Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
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789:Ju-Air Junkers Ju 52 crash
554:National Library of Brazil
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1028:BAC One-Eleven test crash
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868:Ankara mid-air collision
447:"Swissair 306 air crash"
325:Casualties and aftermath
19:Not to be confused with
706:El Al Flight 432 attack
730:Air Afrique Flight 056
405:Air France Flight 4590
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16:1963 aviation accident
988:Air Inter Flight 2611
602:Air Disaster:Volume 1
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773:Crossair Flight 3597
100:47.32472°N 8.15917°E
1130:1963 in Switzerland
1086:► 1964
1080:1962 ◄
1018:Swissair Flight 306
1008:Aeroflot Flight 663
998:Aeroflot Flight 366
968:Aeroflot Flight 012
898:Aeroflot Flight 191
765:Crossair Flight 498
749:Alitalia Flight 404
714:Swissair Flight 330
698:Swissair Flight 306
417:Mexicana Flight 940
411:Swissair Flight 111
250:. It crashed near
225:Swissair Flight 306
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27:Swissair Flight 306
21:Swissair Flight 316
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918:Aeroflot Flight 25
908:Camden PA-24 crash
423:Propair Flight 420
363:Switzerland portal
331:Ibrahim Abdulhalim
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690:1960s-1980s
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655:1930s-1950s
291:At 06:21 a
181:Destination
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78:Switzerland
1099:Categories
611:1875671110
549:2024-04-04
430:References
297:Dürrenäsch
252:Dürrenäsch
207:Fatalities
191:Passengers
88:47°19′29″N
74:Dürrenäsch
578:2 January
482:2 January
453:2 January
215:Survivors
91:8°09′33″E
349:See also
338:Humlikon
271:Swissair
262:Timeline
231:, named
171:Stopover
145:Swissair
141:Operator
116:Aircraft
44:Accident
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836:in 1963
57:Summary
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1044:Nov 22
1024:Oct 22
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293:Mayday
256:Aargau
248:Geneva
246:, via
240:Zürich
156:HB-ICV
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606:ISBN
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