2010 Air Service Berlin Douglas C-47 crash

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2010 Air Service Berlin Douglas C-47 crash
Rosinenbomber
OperatorAir Service Berlin
RegistrationD-CXXX
Flight originBerlin Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, Germany
DestinationBerlin Schönefeld Airport
Occupants28
Passengers25
Crew3
Fatalities0
Injuries7
Survivors28

On 19 June 2010, a vintage Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport for a sightseeing flight over Berlin, which was operated by Air Service Berlin, a provider of event flights. There were no fatalities, but seven of the 28 passengers and crew were injured.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a

Berlin Airlift. The importance of the airlift for Berlin led to it being acquired for sightseeing flights in 2000.[3] The aircraft was one of the last two aircraft to take off from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (one of the Airlift airports) when it was closed on 30 October 2008.[4]

Accident

At at around 15:00 local time, shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport for a sightseeing flight over the city centre of Berlin,

Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport.[1][5] Three crew members and 25 passengers were on board (among them Stefan Kaufmann, a Bundestag member),[3] all of whom were able to leave the aircraft unassisted.[6][7] Seven people were injured, four of whom were taken to hospital.[8] Schönefeld Airport was closed for fifteen minutes while its emergency services attended the crash scene.[9] A fire that arose from spilled fuel was put out by the airport's firefighters.[10]

Aftermath

The C-47 aircraft suffered substantial damage to its tail and port wing.

USD from Gail Halvorsen, the pilot who is attributed to having started the dropping of sweets for children from aircraft participating in the Berlin Airlift.[4][9] The damaged port wing was later salvaged and sold as limited edition Aviationtags.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Air Service Berlin DC3 at Berlin on Jun 19th 2010, engine failure". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Rosinenbomber: So lief der Crash ab" (in German). BZ News. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. ^ a b Hradecky, Simon. "Fare Well, Berlin Tempelhof". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Rosinenbomber-Crash: 7 Verletzte" (in German). BZ News. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  6. ^ a b Kaminski-Morrow, David. "German sightseeing DC-3 badly damaged in emergency landing". Flight Global. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Rosinenbomber notgelandet" (in German). Berlin Online. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Rosinenbomber von Air Service Berlin ging zu Bruch" (in German). Der Mobilitäts Manager. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  9. ^ a b Halvorsen, Gail. "Reader's comments - Rosinen Bomber". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  10. ^ Hasselmann, Jörst; Meyer, Claus-Dieter (20 June 2010). "Nach zwei Minuten fiel ein Motor aus" (in German). Der Taggespiegel. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Aviationtag". Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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