Accident Douglas DC-2-115E PH-AKM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342391
 

Date:Wednesday 17 July 1935
Time:12:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas DC-2-115E
Owner/operator:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration: PH-AKM
MSN: 1359/F19
Year of manufacture:1935
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Bushehr (Bushire) Airport -   Iran
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Bushehr Airport (BUZ/OIBB)
Destination airport:Baghdad Airport
Narrative:
The DC-2 named "Maraboe" suffered a takeoff accident when the starboard main gear broke due to runway unevenness. The four crew and eight passengers escaped unhurt. The aircraft caught fire and burned out.

The aircraft operated on a flight from Batavia (now Jakarta) to Amsterdam with en route stops at a.o. Jodhpur, Bushire and Baghdad.

Sources:

aviacrash.nl
hdekker.info

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photo (c) Stadsarchief Amsterdam; Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS); 1935; (publicdomain)

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