Copenhagen – Herning

On July 16, 1960 at 03:38 PM, Copenhagen – Herning experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Zonen Aviation - Zone-Redningskorpset Flyve-Tjenesten, with the event recorded near Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration OY-DZY, MSN 6956, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.6309°, 12.6492°.