1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash

1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash
A Junkers Ju 90, the type of aircraft that crashed
Accident
Date November 8, 1940 (1940-11-08)
Summary Tail icing
Site Schönteichen, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
Aircraft
Aircraft type Junkers Ju 90A-1
Aircraft name Brandenburg
Operator Deutsche Lufthansa
Registration D-AVMF
Flight origin Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany
Destination Ferihegy Airport, Budapest, Hungary
Passengers 23
Crew 6
Fatalities 29 (all)
Survivors 0

On 8 November 1940, a Deutsche Lufthansa Junkers Ju 90 passenger aircraft crashed near the municipality of Schönteichen, Germany, killing all 29 people on board.[1][2]

The aircraft, registered D-AVMF and named Brandenburg, was en route from the German capital Berlin to Budapest, Hungary, when ice formed on its tail, causing the airplane to lose control and crash. At the time, the accident was the worst one on German soil.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Accident description for D-AVMF at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 March 2014.
  2. "D-AVMF accident description". Plane Crash Info. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

Coordinates: 51°16′52″N 14°02′24″E / 51.2810°N 14.0400°E / 51.2810; 14.0400


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