Lockheed 10 Electra crash, Aug 15, 1939 (5 killed), Vordi...
Lockheed 10 Electra accident on August 15, 1939 near Vordingborg Sjælland, Denmark with 5 fatalities. Cause: Fire on board; fuel vapour ignited after...
- Date: August 15, 1939
- Aircraft: Lockheed 10 Electra
- Location: Vordingborg Sjælland, Denmark
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fire on board; fuel vapour ignited after gasoline leaked from overflow boxes of overfilled tanks (ignition source not determined)
A British Airways Lockheed Electra on a flight to Copenhagen and Stockholm ditched in the Storstrømmen near Vordingborg, Denmark, on 15 August 1939. Five of the six people on board died.