Luton – Frankfurt

On August 2, 1954 at 12:00 AM, Luton – Frankfurt experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Autair Ltd, with the event recorded near Frankfurt-Main Hesse.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. A tire burst on landing. For unknown reason, the captain decided to go around when the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed near the runway end. The airplane was destroyed and all seven occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGUR, MSN 6910, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.1362°, 8.5955°.