Status: | |
Date: | Friday 24 February 1939 |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3mge |
Operator: | Reichsluftfahrtministerium - RLM |
Registration: | D-ALUS |
MSN: | 5210 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Termes Ribi, Commune de Roubion ( France)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Genoa-Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA/LIMJ), Italy |
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.
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Sources:
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The Observer, 5 March 1939» World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
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El Tiempo 5-3-1939»
El Litoral 25-2-1939
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.