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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1955 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: | SAI KZ VII Lærke |
| Owner/operator: | Aero-Expreß Bayrischer Flugdienst-GmbH |
| Registration: | HB-EPW |
| MSN: | 190 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grasbrunn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | München-Riem (13:26) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into power cable while attempting emergency landing. Lack of fuel might have been a factor for the desicion for the emergency landing. Sudden fog during the 30 min sightseeing flight disabled a return to the airport. Swiss pilot Walter Thomi ignored the advice to land at an alternative airport.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 1 February 1955, p6
Swiss Archives Archivplansuche
Luftfahrt Bundesamt AZ 842-V1/55, issued 9 May 1955
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2018 21:16 | TB | Added |
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