- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 09, 1913
Time: 1830
Location: Over the North Sea
Operator: Military - German Navy
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Zeppelin L-1 (airship)
Registration: ?
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 20   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Ground: 0
Summary: The airship flew into a thunderstorm and encountered a severe downdraft crashing 20 miles north of Helgoland Island into the sea. The ship broke in two and the control car immediately sank drowning its occupants.
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