Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 APR 1969 |
| Type: | Learjet 25 |
| Operator: | Volkswagen Pacific |
| Registration: | N515VW |
| C/n / msn: | 25-013 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Delémont (Switzerland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland |
| Basel/Mulhouse Airport (BSL/LFSB), France |
Crashed en route Geneva-Basel.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Genève-Cointrin Airport to Basel/Mulhouse Airport as the crow flies is 184 km (115 miles).
Distance from Genève-Cointrin Airport to Basel/Mulhouse Airport as the crow flies is 184 km (115 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
