Frankfurt - Cologne

On December 4, 1961 at 12:30 PM, Frankfurt - Cologne experienced a crash involving Boeing 720, operated by Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Ebersheim Rhineland-Palatinate.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley 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 four engine airplane left runway 25L at Frankfurt-Main Airport at 1222LT on a training flight to Cologne-Bonn Airport with a crew of three on board. Three minutes after liftoff, while passing over Nierstein beacon at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the crew was instructed to turn right heading to Ruedesheim beacon with a minimum altitude of 9,000 feet. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located in Ebersheim, about 23 km west of the airport. The aircraft was completely destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ABOK, MSN 18058, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.9135°, 8.2485°.