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10/09/1976 Zagreb mid-air collision

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SYND 10 9 76 WRECKAGE OF MID AIR CRASH KILLING 176 PEOPLE

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SYND 11 9 76 PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION AND RESCUE SERVICES ON SITE

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SYND 12 9 76 AIR CRASH SCENE AND WRECKAGE

In 1976, British Airways Flight 476, a Hawker Siddeley Trident en route from London to Istanbul, collided mid-air near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, with Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550, a Douglas DC-9 en route from Split, Yugoslavia, to Cologne, West Germany. The collision was the result of a procedural error on the part of Zagreb air traffic controllers.