Czechoslovak army accused of shooting down 1970s flight over Děčínsko

A report by the German television station ARD has claimed that a DC-9 plane that crashed in the Děčínsko area in 1972 was accidentally shot down by the Czechoslovak army. 27 people died in the crash, with only a flight stewardess surviving. The flight was flying from Belgrade in former Yugoslavia to Stockholm, Sweden and the official version was that a bomb planted by Croatian nationalists had led to the crash. The plane was flying at 10,000 metres when it disappeared from radar screens. It is believed to have broken in two before impact. The new findings based on an investigation by ARD strongly contradict the official version released by the communist authorities at the time. There has been no formal response from the current Czech authorities to the allegations.