Crash of a Douglas C-47A-20-DK in Blansko: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1951
Operator:
Registration:
D-03
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brno – Prague
MSN:
12948
YOM:
1944
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Few minutes after its takeoff from Brno-Tuřany Airport, en route to Prague-Kbely Airport, the pilot-in-command lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located in Blansko, about 24 km north of Brno Airfield. All six crew members were killed, among them Cpt František Rezek.