JDNSW
6th August 2018, 07:24 AM
A Ju52-3m has crashed in Switzerland killing all twenty on board.
German World War II plane crashes in Swiss Alps, leaving all 20 passengers and crew dead - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-06/switzerland-alps-crash-leaves-all-20-passengers-and-crew-dead/10076870)
The description suggests either a stall or a structural or control failure, although there are other possible explanations, such as an unexpected downdraft (maybe leading to a stall).
These are an exceptionally rugged and reliable aircraft type - I remember reading one account during the invasion of the Netherlands, I think it was, where the lead troopcarrier , using a road as a landing strip, successfully managed to knock down an avenue of trees, allowing the rest to land without damage.
But the youngest of them is over seventy years old, and many still in existence would have lived a hard life. The operator has apparently been doing tourist flights in them for decades.
German World War II plane crashes in Swiss Alps, leaving all 20 passengers and crew dead - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-06/switzerland-alps-crash-leaves-all-20-passengers-and-crew-dead/10076870)
The description suggests either a stall or a structural or control failure, although there are other possible explanations, such as an unexpected downdraft (maybe leading to a stall).
These are an exceptionally rugged and reliable aircraft type - I remember reading one account during the invasion of the Netherlands, I think it was, where the lead troopcarrier , using a road as a landing strip, successfully managed to knock down an avenue of trees, allowing the rest to land without damage.
But the youngest of them is over seventy years old, and many still in existence would have lived a hard life. The operator has apparently been doing tourist flights in them for decades.