Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 NOV 1936 |
| Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3mge |
| Operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-APOO |
| C/n / msn: | 5506 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tabarz (Germany) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
| Erfurt Airport (ERF/EDDE), Germany |
The Junkers Ju-52/3mge named "Heinrich Kroll" crashed into mountains en route and caught fire.
Sources:
» http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_ju52_p1.htm
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport to Erfurt Airport as the crow flies is 200 km (125 miles).
Distance from Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport to Erfurt Airport as the crow flies is 200 km (125 miles).
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.
