Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1970 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3D |
| Operating for: | Sabena |
| Leased from: | Delta Air Transport - DAT |
| Registration: | OO-AUX |
| C/n / msn: | 43088 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) (Netherlands)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
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The engines were started and chocks removed. The marshaller had not yet given the sign to depart, but the copilot released the brakes and began to taxy the plane. The nr.2 propeller struck a ground power unit, causing substantial damage to the plane. The DC-3 was ferried to Antwerp on June 1, 1970 where the DC-3 was withdrawn from use and broken up. The DC-3 was owned by Delta Air Transport and operated by Sabena.
Sources:
» Airnieuws 333 (p. 76)
» Belgian Civil Aircraft Register
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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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.
