Boeing 707 crash, Jul 27, 1961, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Ha...
Boeing 707 accident on July 27, 1961 near Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Hamburg, Germany with no fatalities. Cause: Official probable cause could not be...
- Date: July 27, 1961
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Hamburg, Germany
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Official probable cause could not be determined
Air France Boeing 707 328 F BHSA, flight AF272 from Paris bound for Anchorage and Tokyo, rejected its takeoff at Hamburg because the aircraft pulled left and could not be corrected. It overran the runway, lost its undercarriage and came to rest broken in three, with no fatalities.