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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 on Mt Gárdevárri

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+AM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
1478
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to his base following an operation against Soviet ships when the airplane ran out of fuel. The crew abandoned the airplane and bailed out. All four crew members were uninjured and the airplane crash landed on Mt Gárdevárri.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.