Zagreb Mid Air Collision

26 the zagreb vor was a reporting point for a number of congested airways between northern europe and southeastern europe the middle east and beyond.
Zagreb mid air collision. Two jets collided in mid air over zagreb yugoslavia killing 176 people on this day in 1976. The zagreb vor was a reporting point for a number of congested airways between northern europe and southeastern europe the middle east and beyond. Today is the anniversary of a mid air collision over yugoslavia a crash that is one of the worst air disasters to involve a british airline and the 3rd deadliest mid air collision in history.
Ba476 was cruising at flight level fl 330 33 000ft and jp550 was climbing. In the mid 1970s the zagreb air traffic control region was one of the busiest in europe despite being seriously undermanned and poorly equipped. Today an accident like the zagreb midair collision could not happen.
Air traffic control. Errors by an air traffic controller led to this deadly collision. In the mid 1970s the zagreb air traffic control region was one of the busiest in europe despite being seriously undermanned and poorly equipped.
Both aircraft were heading for the same radio beacon the zagreb vor.