Hanovre - Rechlin

On August 13, 1937 at 12:00 AM, Hanovre - Rechlin experienced a crash involving Boeing 247, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Hanover Lower Saxony.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Two pilots and one engineer of the company were involved in a flight that was conducted to test an experimental autopilot system. The twin engine aircraft crashed on takeoff for unknown reason and was damaged beyond repair while all three occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AKIN, MSN 1944, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3572°, 9.7064°.