KLM flight 592
| KLM flight 592 | |
|---|---|
 An identically constructed Douglas DC-6 from KLM |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | unexplained |
| place | 7 km northeast of Frankfurt Airport |
| date | March 22, 1952 |
| Fatalities | 45 |
| Survivors | 2 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| operator | KLM |
| Mark | PH-TPJ |
| Surname | Queen Juliana |
| Departure airport | Johannesburg Airport |
| 1. Stopover | Brazzaville Airport |
| 2. Stopover | Rome Ciampino Airport |
| 3. Stopover | Frankfurt am Main airport |
| Destination airport | Schiphol Airport , Amsterdam |
| Passengers | 37 |
| crew | 10 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On March 22, 1952, a Douglas DC-6 crashed for unknown reasons on KLM flight 592 near Frankfurt Airport .
Flight history
KLM's Douglas DC-6, built in 1948 and named Koningin Juliana , was on a scheduled flight from Johannesburg to Amsterdam with scheduled stops in Brazzaville , Rome and Frankfurt am Main . At 6:38 a.m., the plane took off from Rome Ciampino Airport for its onward flight to Frankfurt .
At around 10:45 a.m., the pilots reported to the air traffic controller that they had passed the Staden radio beacon at an altitude of 4,000 feet (around 1,200 meters). The pilots were then supposed to report again when overflighting the Offenbach radio beacon , but this did not happen. Eyewitnesses saw the aircraft north of Neu Isenburg at an altitude of only about 60 meters. At around 10:50 a.m., the Douglas DC-6 hit some trees and pulled a 300 meter swath through the forest before stopping. Four seriously injured people were saved before the plane exploded. Of the four survivors, two later died in hospital. The cause of the accident could not be determined. It was the worst aircraft accident on German soil up to the plane collision near Edelweiler with 66 dead.
See also
- KLM flight 608 , on which a Douglas DC-6 crashed over the North Sea in 1954 . The cause of this accident could not be clarified either.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 39.1 ″ E