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๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bombay to London with stopovers in Delhi, Beirut and Geneva. The flight was being operated by a Boeing 707 (Reg. VT-DMN) on ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ.
The flight to and takeoff from Beirut where routine, except for a failure of the no. 2 VOR. At 07:00 GMT the pilot reported reaching FL190 to Geneva ACC. He was told to maintain that flight level "unless able to descend VMC one thousand on top". The pilot confirmed this and added that they were passing abeam Mont Blanc. The controller noted that the flight wasn't abeam Mont Blanc yet and radioed "you have 5 miles to the Mont Blanc", to which the pilot answered with "Roger."
The plane then started to descend from FL190 until it struck the Mont Blanc at an elevation of 15,585 feet (4,750 meters). The plane disintegrated on impact and all 117 people aboard were killed. Among the victims were Giani Bertoli, Director of Air India for Europe and the Indian Atomist Homi Bhabba who was travelling to Geneva for a conference, accompanied with 20 monkeys.
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"The commission concluded that the most likely hypothesis was the following: a) The pilot-in-command, who knew on leaving Beirut that one of the VORs was unserviceable, miscalculated his position in relation to Mont Blanc and reported his own estimate of this position to the controller; the radar controller noted the error, determined the position of the aircraft correctly and passed a communication to the aircraft which, he believed, would enable it to correct its position.; b) For want of a sufficiently precise phraseology, the correction was mis-understood by the pilot who, under the mistaken impression that he had passed the ridge leading to the summit and was still at a flight level which afforded sufficient safety clearance over the top of Mont Blanc, continued his descent."
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๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bombay to London with stopovers in Delhi, Beirut and Geneva. The flight was being operated by a Boeing 707 (Reg. VT-DMN) on ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ.
The flight to and takeoff from Beirut where routine, except for a failure of the no. 2 VOR. At 07:00 GMT the pilot reported reaching FL190 to Geneva ACC. He was told to maintain that flight level "unless able to descend VMC one thousand on top". The pilot confirmed this and added that they were passing abeam Mont Blanc. The controller noted that the flight wasn't abeam Mont Blanc yet and radioed "you have 5 miles to the Mont Blanc", to which the pilot answered with "Roger."
The plane then started to descend from FL190 until it struck the Mont Blanc at an elevation of 15,585 feet (4,750 meters). The plane disintegrated on impact and all 117 people aboard were killed. Among the victims were Giani Bertoli, Director of Air India for Europe and the Indian Atomist Homi Bhabba who was travelling to Geneva for a conference, accompanied with 20 monkeys.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
"The commission concluded that the most likely hypothesis was the following: a) The pilot-in-command, who knew on leaving Beirut that one of the VORs was unserviceable, miscalculated his position in relation to Mont Blanc and reported his own estimate of this position to the controller; the radar controller noted the error, determined the position of the aircraft correctly and passed a communication to the aircraft which, he believed, would enable it to correct its position.; b) For want of a sufficiently precise phraseology, the correction was mis-understood by the pilot who, under the mistaken impression that he had passed the ridge leading to the summit and was still at a flight level which afforded sufficient safety clearance over the top of Mont Blanc, continued his descent."
![1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 [PH-TCR] Copenhagen disaster Aftermath Footage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TJG8plnkiqA/hqdefault.jpg "1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 [PH-TCR] Copenhagen disaster Aftermath Footage
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On ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, a KLM Douglas DC-3 (Reg. PH-TCR) was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm with an intermediate stop in Copenhagen.
The first leg of the flight was uneventful. The plane took off from Copenhagen and was seen to enter a steep climb, pitching up to 45ยฐ. The plane then stalled at a height of about 100 meters and fell off to the left. It impacted the ground and burst into flames. All 22 occupants were killed. Among the passengers were Swedish Prince Gustaf Adolf and American singer and actress Grace Moore.
An investigation revealed that a 19-year old airport employee had been engaged in preparing the plane for departure. He had started his job 19 days prior to the accident on January 7 and did not have any prior experience. He had received incomplete instructions. He did remove the rudder lock, but failed to remove the elevator locking pins.
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It was determined that the loss of control during initial climb was caused by stabilizers blocked by a wooded lock pin. During the stopover in Copenhagen-Kastrup, a ground technician decided to put a wooded lock pin in the rudder and the stabilizer as well to avoid unnecessary movements that could cause damages as there were moderate winds in Copenhagen at that time. Before takeoff, one technician removed the wooded lock pin on the rudder but did remove the one on the stabilizer as this wooded lock pin was put by another ground technician and he was not aware of this. Furthermore, none of the crew member proceeded to a walk around check before departure and the pilots failed to check the stabilizers prior to takeoff.")
