- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 17, 1960 |
Time: | 1410 |
Location: | Munich, West Germany |
Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Munich - Northolt AB, England |
AC Type: | Convair C-131D (CV-340-79) |
Registration: | 55-291 |
cn / ln: | 212 |
Aboard: | 20 (passengers:13 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 20 (passengers:13 crew:7) |
Ground: | 31 |
Summary: | The aircraft lost an engine on takeoff from Munich. Unable to maintain altitude, the aircraft crashed into St. Paul's Cathedral church and into a crowded streetcar in the business section of the city, breeching a gas main and starting a fierce fire, Thirty-one people were killed on the ground. A collection of water was found in the fuel tank booster pump. Fuel contamination causing engine failure. |
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