Stuttgart – Sevilla - Rio de Janeiro

On November 3, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Stuttgart – Sevilla - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.70, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Carcassonne Aude.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Stuttgart to Sevilla, the crew encountered technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field near Carcassonne and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members Heinrich Schneehage and Fritz Branner escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-UHUX, MSN 403.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2336°, 1.7898°.