Amsterdam – Brussels – Paris

On July 28, 1937 at 10:40 AM, Amsterdam – Brussels – Paris experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Brussels Flemish Brabant.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Less than five minutes after takeoff from Brussels-Haren Airport, while climbing to a height of some 1,200 feet, aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames in a wheat field located 300 metres from Brages' station. All 15 occupants were killed. The aircraft was christened 'Flamingo'. Crew: Cornelius Theo Regnerus Steensma, pilot, Bernardus Ludekuize, radio navigator, Gerardus Geering, engineer, Martha Johanna van der Laan, stewardess. Passengers: A. Bloem, W. Canton, M. Goldbloom, B. F. Mun, N. Nathans, C. Tondreau, R. Tondreau-Tollenaere, R. Trillo, F. Wetzlar, H. Wapperom, G. Whitehouse.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-ALF, MSN 1585, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8793°, 4.4376°.