Incident Overview
Date: Monday 5 May 1952
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Fred Olsen Flyveselskap
Registration Number: LN-NAD
Location: 24 km SW of Skien –
ÿ Norway
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 29
Component Affected: Aircraft Navigation SystemAircraft Navigation System
Category: Accident
A passenger aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash due to a navigational error, resulting in loss of life.A passenger aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash due to a navigational error, resulting in loss of life.
Description
Crashed as a result of ‘faulty navigation’. The airplane was flying families home from an Antarctic whaling factory ship that had arrived in the port of Rotterdam.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W9gwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuEFAAAAIBAJ&dq=norway%20plane&pg=4890%2C4761469https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W9gwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuEFAAAAIBAJ&dq=norway%20plane&pg=4890%2C4761469Primary Cause
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