- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 26, 1947 |
Time: | 1530 |
Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Kobenhavn - Stockholm |
AC Type: | Douglas C- C47A-30DK |
Registration: | PH-TCR |
cn / ln: | 25479 |
Aboard: | 22 (passengers:18 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 22 (passengers:18 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | During takeoff from Kobenhavn-Kastrup Airport, ,the aircraft rose to a height of 150 feet and then crashed to the ground in a fireball. Failure to remove the elevator locking pins prior to takeoff. Singer Grace Moore, 48, and Swedish crown prince, Gustav Adolf, 41, among those killed. |
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