44-61780

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • June 10, 1955Accident

    The crew was performing a flight from RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, to Stuttgart. While approaching Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport by night, the crew was contacted by ATC and rerouted to Fürstenfeldbruck Airbase near Munich due to insufficient visibility caused by foggy conditions. Few minutes later, while cruising at low height, the airplane hit the slope of Mt Teckberg located about 1,5 km east of Owen. All ten crew members were killed. Probable cause (official findings): Controlled flight

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