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Crash of a Fokker F3 on Csepel Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
H-MABC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vienna – Budapest
MSN:
1604
YOM:
1922
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While approaching Budapest following a flight from Vienna, the pilot lost control of the airplane after a wing failed. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed on Csepel Island, south of Budapest. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Wing failure in flight for unknown reasons.