Picture of the Convair 990A Coronado (30A-6) aircraft

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HB-ICD (cn 30-10-15) "Basel Land" - An in-flight bomb explosion caused this aircraft to crash near Zurich on February 21, 1970 (47 k).

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A visitor from Switzerland posted Wed March 9, 2011: I was many flights on board of this famous Plane as Flight Engineer for Swissair. It was our GT (Gran Tourismo) of the whole Fleet! Sporty an powerful. Heinrich Sidler, Greifensee, Switzerland
A visitor from Germany posted Sat November 13, 2010: Classic paint scheme of SWISSAIR, an airline, that was for decades was one of Europe's famous airlines. The nice silhouette of the Coronado is also striking, because it shows a real jet airliner from the good old days.