Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Feb 24, 1990, Bergisch Gladbach

Fokker F27 Friendship accident on February 24, 1990 near Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with no fatalities.

A Fokker F27 of FTG Air Service Flugcharter on a training sortie from Cologne Bonn was simulating stalls at low altitude when both engines overheated. The left engine caught fire and separated during an emergency landing attempt, and the aircraft came down near Bergisch Gladbach and burned. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

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