Accident Details
On a training flight from Frankfurt-Main Airport to Cologne-Bonn Airport, a four-engine aircraft departed runway 25L at 1222 local time with a crew of three aboard. Three minutes after liftoff, while passing over the Nierstein beacon at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the crew was instructed to turn right toward the Ruedesheim beacon with a minimum altitude of 9,000 feet.
Loss of Control and Crash
Shortly after the instruction, the aircraft went out of control, entered a dive, and crashed in a field near Ebersheim, approximately 23 kilometers west of Frankfurt-Main Airport. The impact and subsequent explosion destroyed the aircraft completely.
Fatalities
All three crew members were killed in the accident.
Investigation
According to the official investigation, the probable cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty.