Douglas DC-2 crash, Dec 20, 1934 (7 killed), Ruţbah Wells...
Douglas DC-2 accident on December 20, 1934 near Ruţbah Wells Al-Anbar, Iraq with 7 fatalities. Cause: Bad weather, pilot fatigue and the poor flying...
- Date: December 20, 1934
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-2
- Location: Ruţbah Wells Al-Anbar, Iraq
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Bad weather, pilot fatigue and the poor flying characteristics of the DC 2 combined to cause the crash.
The KLM Douglas DC 2 Uiver, on a special Christmas mail and passenger flight from Amsterdam to Batavia, crashed near Rutbah Wells in the Iraqi desert after flying into bad weather at night on the Cairo to Baghdad leg. All seven people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.