1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash

Plane crash in the Belgian Congo August 2019 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash KLM PH-TAR Douglas DC-4.jpg A KLM DC-4, similar to the accident aircraft 300 Accident 1948 05 12 y Weather, flew into a tornado, loss of control 27 km mi on south of Libenge 32 25 7 1 31 1 Douglas DC-4-1009 Sabena OO-CBE Palmietfontein Airport, South Africa Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA), Belgian Congo Libenge Airport (LIE/FZFA), Belgian Congo Haren Airport, Belgium The 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash occurred on 12 May 1948 when a Sabena Douglas DC-4 crashed 27 km south of Libenge, Belgian Congo. It was the deadliest accident for Sabena at the time and the second of three deadly Sabena crashes in 1948. It was also the deadliest in Belgian Congo before the country's independence as the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960. Of the 32 people on board, 31 were killed, leaving only one survivor.Rampen in België https://books.google.com/books?id=dly9axBP4O4C&pg=PA67 2005 Lannoo Uitgeverij 978-90-209-6216-1 67 Aircraft The DC-4-1009 involved was built in 1946 and bought new from Douglas with serial number 42932 and registration OO-CBE and was used by the Belgian airline company Sabena from 17 April 1946 until its destruction in 1948.November 2025 The aircraft was mostly used in Belgian Congo and carried Regent Prince Charles of Belgium back to Belgium on 13 August 1947 after his official visit to Congo.http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/sabena/picturessab2.htm Sabena part 2 sbap.be 2014 3 April 2016 6 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206092517/http://www.sbap.be/archivalia/sabena/picturessab2.htm dead Crash The Sabena flight departed from Léopoldville-N'Djili Airport en route to Libenge Airport with 25 passengers and seven crew members on board.https://www.planecrashinfo.com/1948/1948-31.htm OO-CBE planecrashinfo.com 3 April 2016 Mid-flight, the aircraft mysteriously began to lose control, subsequently plummeting into the rainforest at high speeds. Probable cause While above the Congo rainforest, 27 km south of Libenge, at an altitude of 700 ft, the aircraft probably penetrated a very turbulent line of clouds or flew the aircraft into the active centre of a tornado at a low altitude. The aircraft was probably then forced to the ground by a downward gust. The aircraft hit the tree-tops and left a 200 m on on trail through the forest until it finally crashed, killing all seven crew members and 24 of the 25 passengers.https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480512-0 Accident description aviation-safety.net 1996 3 April 2016 The sole survivor was an Egyptian man.16 May 1948 Leopoldville en 37 The New York Times http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//timesmachine.content-tagging.us-east-1-01.prd.dvsp.nyt.net/timesmachine/1948/05/16/issue.html 2023-10-17 September 2024 InternetArchiveBot yes Aftermath The wreck was located the following day and the injured sole survivor was rescued. Rescuers searched for more survivors, but it quickly became clear that their efforts were in vain. This crash was the second deadly crash of three involving a Sabena aircraft in 1948.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1948/05/16/page/2/article/only-one-survivor-believed-on-plane-in-belgian-congo-crash Only one survivor believed on plane in Belgian Congo crash Chicago Tribune 15 May 1948 3 April 2016 6 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161106150241/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1948/05/16/page/2/article/only-one-survivor-believed-on-plane-in-belgian-congo-crash/ dead References Category:Sabena accidents and incidents Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash, 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-4