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On February 21, 1970, HB-ICD^[1] a Convair CV-990 Coronado jet named “Baselland” was flying on the route with 38 passengers and nine crew members. A bomb detonated in the aft cargo compartment of the aircraft about nine minutes after take-off climb-out on southerly course approximately at 12:15 UTC in the area of Lucerne north of the Gotthard-Pass. The crew tried to turn around and attempt an emergency landing at Zürich but had difficulty seeing the instruments due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft deviated more and more to the west and crashed a short time later in a wooded area at Würenlingen near Zürich, Switzerland, due to the loss of electrical power. All aboard the aircraft were killed. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... NASA Convair 990 The Convair 990 Coronado was a jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics, a stretched version of their earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines. ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: (help· info)) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ... The modern concrete span of the Devils bridge (Teufelsbrücke) across the Schöllenen Gorge replaces the older bridge below. ... Würenlingen is a municipality in the district of Baden, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. ... Zürich (German:   , Zürich German: Züri , in English generally Zurich, Italian: Zurigo) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

The PFLP group of George Habash claimed responsibility for the bombing. A barometric triggered IED had been used. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian... George Habash (Arabic جورج حبش) (born 1926), sometimes known by his nom-de-guerre Al-Hakim الحكيم , meaning the doctor, a leading militant and Palestinian politician, as founder and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967-2000. ... Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...

The crash site is approximately 900 metres from a Swiss nuclear research reactor (Paul-Scherrer-Institut). The nuclear power plant Beznau, which opened in 1969, is only about two kilometres from the crash site. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is an multi-disciplinary research institute. ... A nuclear power station. ...

On the same day, a bomb exploded aboard a Vienna-bound Caravelle after takeoff from Frankfurt. The Caravelle landed safely. Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Aviation museum , Belgrade Old Sud Aviation Caravelle of JAT. The SE 210 Caravelle was the first short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by the French Sud Aviation firm starting in 1955 (when it was still known as SNCASE). ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/108667/M/