1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash

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1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash
Accident
A Junkers Ju 90, the type of aircraft that crashed
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
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[]

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

Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany

1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident (July 1934)
1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash (November 1940)
Gatow air disaster (April 1948)
KLM Flight 592 (March 1952)
Sabena Convair Crash (October 1953)
Altensteig mid-air collision (August 1955)
Munich air disaster (February 1958)
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Munich C-131 crash (December 1960)
ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)
Lufthansa Flight 005 (January 1966)
Königs Wusterhausen air disaster (August 1972)
Ramstein air show disaster (August 1988)
Remscheid A-10 crash (December 1988)
Überlingen mid-air collision (July 2002)

Includes both the former East Germany and West Germany

v t Aviation accidents and incidents in 1940 (1940)
Jun 14 Ju-52 Kaleva shootdown Aug 13 Canberra disaster Aug 31 Lovettsville air disaster Sep 29 Brocklesby mid-air collision Nov 8 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju-90 crash
1939 ◀ ▶ 1941

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

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