Junkers JU.52 crash, Aug 4, 2018 (20 killed), Piz Segnas
Junkers JU.52 accident on August 4, 2018 near Piz Segnas, Glarus, Switzerland with 20 fatalities. Cause: SUST: The pilots flew the aircraft at low...
- Date: August 4, 2018
- Aircraft: Junkers JU.52
- Location: Piz Segnas, Glarus, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: SUST: The pilots flew the aircraft at low altitude into a narrow valley with no escape route, and turbulence at very low speed led to loss of control; the center of gravity was beyond the aft limit.
A Junkers Ju 52 operated by Ju Air on a commercial flight from Locarno to Dubendorf crashed on Piz Segnas in Switzerland on 4 August 2018, killing all 20 people on board. The crew flew low through a narrow valley at a dangerously low airspeed, lost control in turbulence and hit the ground almost vertically. Swiss investigators also found the center of gravity beyond the rear limit and systemic safety failures at the operator.