Crash of an Aero C.3B in Třemošnice: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 1, 1949 at 1540 LT
Operator:
Registration:
UB-1
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Prostějov – Prague
MSN:
408
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, weather conditions worsened and the pilot-in-command decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the airplane hit trees and crashed in a dense wooded area. Three crew members were injured while the pilot, Cpt Antonín Ocelka, was killed.
