Date: | Thursday 22 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3m |
Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
Registration: | D-AYGX |
MSN: | 7208 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km E of Bukovac -
Serbia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP) |
Destination airport: | Beograd-Zemun Airfeld |
Narrative:The Junkers Ju-52/3m named "Johannes Höroldt" hit woods on the North side of Fruska Gora, below the peak at a height of 380 meters while flying in clouds.
The airplane was en route from Budapest to Belgrade.
The captain had received incorrect weather information. He was under the impression that the cloud base was at 600 m. He attempted to descend below the cloud base and flew into hill.
Sources:
The Hugo Junkers Homepage
Deutsche Lufthansa: Der Kranich in Turbulenzen, 1939-1945 / Hans W Neulen
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