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De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

The twin engine aircraft, chartered by the Danish Football Association, was involved in a special flight from Copenhagen to Herning, carrying one pilot and eight football players who should play a final trial match at Herning stadium to select the Danish squad for the 1960 Olympic tournament. Three of these eight players had been provisionally selected for the squad; the rest were B-team and youth internationals with a last chance to impress the selectors. Shortly after takeoff from Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, while in initial climb, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed into the sea about 50 meters offshore. The pilot was seriously injured and lost a leg while all eight passengers were killed. The airplane was totally destroyed upon impact. Crew: Stig Vindeløv, pilot. Passengers: Per Funch Jensen, Erik Pondal Jensen, Kurt Krahmer, Søren Andersen, Børge Bastholm Larsen, Arne Karlsen, Ib Eskildsen, Erling Spalk.

Avro 652 Anson

The crew was performing an ambulance flight from Frankfurt to Genoa to pick up a patient. After passing over Bern, the crew was authorized to descend to 6,000 feet and passing over the Lake of Geneva, weather conditions worsened. At an altitude of about 5,600 feet, the airplane went through clouds and the pilot made a turn to the left of 20° for unknown reasons when the airplane struck the northeast face of Mt Le Grammont (2,172 meters) located six km northwest of Vouvry. The wreckage was found less than ten meters below the summit and both crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt Johann-Christian Jessen, pilot, Niels-Michael Seierde, radio operator.

De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

While completing an ambulance flight, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing following a fuel exhaustion. The twin engine aircraft crash landed in a field located in Lynge. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.