Date: | Friday 24 February 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3mge |
Owner/operator: | Reichsluftfahrtministerium - RLM |
Registration: | D-ALUS |
MSN: | 5210 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Termes Ribi, Commune de Roubion -
France
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Genoa-Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA/LIMJ) |
Narrative:The airplane operated on a flight from the Balearic Islands to Berlin via Genoa and Rome, flying home pilots of the Condor Legion who had fought in Spain.
The Ju-52 flew into the side of a mountain during a snowstorm. The wreckage was located on March 4, 1939.
Sources:
The Observer, 5 March 1939 World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
El Tiempo 5-3-1939 El Litoral 25-2-1939
Statistics
- 4th worst accident in 1939
- 43rd hull-loss accident of this type (Junkers Ju-52/3m)
- 28th fatal accident of this type (Junkers Ju-52/3m)
- 44th worst accident of this aircraft type (Junkers Ju-52/3m)
- 4th worst accident of this aircraft type (Junkers Ju-52/3m) at the time
- 53rd worst accident in France
- worst accident in France at the time
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