1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash

Aviation crash in Copenhagen, Denmark July 2026 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash Accident Kastrup 1947.jpg Wreckage of the aircraft. 1947 01 26 y Failure to properly prepare aircraft for flight Kastrup, Denmark 55 37 5 N 12 39 22.5 E type:event_region:DK inline,title Douglas DC-3 KLM PH-TCR Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden 22 16 6 22 0 The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash refers to the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January. It occurred shortly after the Douglas DC-3 took off from Kastrup Airport in Denmark. All 16 passengers and 6 crew members on board were killed. http://planecrashinfo.com/1947/1947-12.htm Accident Synopsis – 1947-12 planecrashinfo.com 5 February 2014 Among those killed in the crash were Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (at the time of his death, second in line to the Swedish throne), U.S. opera singer Grace Moore, and Danish actress Gerda Neumann. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19470124&id=Ef8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6112,5069912 Prince and opera star killed in plane crash Ottawa Citizen Associated Press 24 January 1947 24 November 2014 Prince Gustaf Adolf was the father of the present king of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf. Moore's body was first flown to Paris on another KLM aircraft, http://www.britishpathe.com/video/grace-moores-body-from-plane/query/crashes Pathé News 6 February 2014 Grace Moore's Body From Plane 1947 and then to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was buried in the Forest Hills Cemetery, during a ceremony attended by around eight thousand people.Brown Fred https://books.google.com/books?id=Sem9B2acPfkC&dq=prince+gustaf+adolf+funeral+1947+hundred+thousand&pg=PA91 Marking Time: East Tennessee Historical Markers and the Stories Behind Them University of Tennessee Press 2005 978-1-57233-330-7 Knoxville, TN 91 enStrickland Justin W. https://books.google.com/books?id=30Ffg8AfuyYC&dq=grace+moore+buried&pg=PA40 Chattanooga's Terminal Station Arcadia Publishing 2009 978-0-7385-6808-9 Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA 40 enMoore Gay Morgan https://books.google.com/books?id=GhB576aJ7fIC&dq=grace+moore+buried&pg=PA107 Chattanooga's St. Elmo Arcadia Publishing 2012 978-0-7385-9433-0 Charleston, SC 108 en The probable cause of the crash was determined to be failure to remove the gust locks that had secured the aircraft's elevators while it was parked. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19470126-0 Douglas DC-3C (C-47A-30-DK) PH-TCR Kobenhavn-Kastrup Airport Aviation Safety Network 5 February 2014 It is still the worst aviation disaster in Denmark. Gallery References External links K K K K K Category:1947 in Denmark Category:January 1947 in Europe Category:Disasters in Copenhagen Category:1947 disasters in Europe Category:1940s disasters in Denmark