Cologne – Toulouse – Barcelona – Casablanca

On August 4, 1939 at 12:00 AM, Cologne – Toulouse – Barcelona – Casablanca experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Tivissa Catalonia.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

On the leg from Barcelona to Casablanca, while cruising southwest of Tarragone, the three engine aircraft christened 'Hans Wende' hit a mountain slope located in the Serra de Llaberia, near Tivissa. All seven occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AUJG, MSN 5942, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.0417°, 0.7347°.