Airplane Crash - Over The North Sea 09/09/1913
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Over the North Sea
Date | 09/09/1913 |
Time | 18:30 |
Location | Over the North Sea |
Operator | Military - German Navy |
Type | Zeppelin L-1 (airship) |
Aboard | 20 |
Fatalities | 14 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The airship flew into a thunderstorm and encountered a severe downdraft crashing 20 miles north of Helgoland Island into the sea. The ship broke in two and the control car immediately sank drowning its occupants. |
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