What the records say
- When
- 16 Nov 1937
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.20° N, 2.89° E
- Description
- 1937 aviation accident in Belgium
- Deaths
- 12
1937 Ostend Sabena Junkers Ju 52 crash
Aviation accident in Belgium
On 16 November 1937 a Junkers Ju 52/3m owned by Belgian airline SABENA, operating as a scheduled international passenger flight from Munich, Germany, to London, England, crashed near Ostend, Belgium. The aircraft hit a tall factory chimney, at 2:47 p.m. local time, while attempting to land at Stene aerodrome near Ostend, Belgium.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Flugunfall von Ostende – Aus Frankfurt am Main kommend, streift bei einer außerplanmäßigen Landung in Ostende ein Passagierflugzeug der Sabena vom Typ Junkers…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accident aérien à Ostende, causant la mort de la plupart des membres de la famille grand-ducale de Hesse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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