| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 20, 1975 |
| Time: | 0115 |
| Location: | Near Damascus, Syria |
| Operator: | Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie |
| Flight #: | 542 |
| Route: | Prague, Czechoslovakia - Damascus, Syria |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-62 |
| Registration: | OK-DBF |
| cn / ln: | 31502 |
| Aboard: | 128 (passengers:117 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 126 (passengers:115 crew:11) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The airliner crashed into a sandy knoll, 10 miles NE of Damascus during an approach to Damascus International Airport. Failure of the crew to maintain the minimum flight altitude. |
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