Hamburg – Berlin

On June 26, 1954 at 12:00 AM, Hamburg – Berlin experienced a crash involving Avro 685 York, operated by Skyways of London, with the event recorded near Kyritz Brandenburg.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While flying at an altitude of 7,500 feet, the engine number one detached from the wing. The pilot-in-command lost control of the aircraft that went into a dive and crashed in a field located in Kyritz. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGNY, MSN 1226, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.9431°, 12.3967°.