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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 1960 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Convair C-131D (CV-340) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0291 |
| MSN: | 212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km W of München-Riem Airport (MUC) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
| London-Northolt Airport (NHT/EGWU) |
A Convair C-131D military transport plane was destroyed when it crashed into a street in Munich, Germany. All seven crew members and thirteen passengers were killed. A total of 32 people were killed on the ground.
The airplane had just taken off from München-Riem Airport (MUC) and overflew the Munich city centre at low altitude. It clipped the steeple of the St. Paul's church and then crashed onto a streetcar at the corner of Bayer Street.
Sources:
Alexandre Pessotto
Great Disasters / John Canning
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
The Free Lance-Star - Dec 17, 1960
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