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A-702 ¦ LSMD 25.08.1979

            Junkers JU.52-3M g4e (c/n 6595)
Swiss Air Force
Dübendorf Airbase (LSMD)
25 August 1979

The only large transport aircraft ever operated by the Swiss Air Force were three Junkers JU.52, serialled A-701, A-702 and A-703. All three were built at the Junkers production line in Dessau, and delivered new to Switzerland in 1939.

A-702 remained in service with the Swiss Air Force  until 1985, for a good 46 years, and was seen climbing out of Dübendorf's grass runway on a training sortie. At the time of the photo, it had already completed 40 years of service. In 1985, with more than 10,000 flight hours logged, the aircraft was handed over to the Verein der Freunde der Schweizerischen Luftwaffe (Association of the Friends of the Swiss Air Force), who were operating as Ju-Air. A-702 became HB-HOT, and flawlessly served on pleasure flights for another 33 years, until 2018.

HB-HOT was the aircraft involved in the fatal crash that ended civil JU.52 operations in Switzerland. On 04 August 2018 HB-HOT departed Locarno for Dübendorf an a routine sightseeing flight with 3 crew and 17 passengers on board. While navigating near Piz Segnas in the Graubünden Alps, the aircraft stalled, entered a spin, and crashed into a mountainside at 2,540 m/8,333 ft. There were no survivors.

The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (SUST) report of 2021 blamed reckless piloting by two experienced aviators who ignored regulations, flew too high and slow in a tight valley, and failed to anticipate turbulence from 33°C heat and mountain winds. The aircraft, despite its certificate, had corrosion and fatigue issues, cracks in the spar and undocumented repairs rendering it unairworthy. Ju-Air's AOC was subsequently revoked, and all their JU.52 aicraft grounded.
   

Taken in: Switzerland / Zurich / Schwerzenbach / Heidenried (show map)

Taken on: August 25, 1979

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