London – Copenhagen – Stockholm – Hambourg

On August 15, 1939 at 01:20 PM, London – Copenhagen – Stockholm – Hambourg experienced a crash involving Lockheed 10 Electra, operated by British Airways, with the event recorded near Vordingborg Sjælland.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While flying some 80 km south of Copenhagen, the crew informed ATC about a fire on board and reduced his altitude. Due to a sudden hazardous situation, the captain attempted to ditch the aircraft into the sea, off the Vordingborg coast. The aircraft hit the water surface and before it came to rest, the copilot jump into the water. He was slightly injured and quickly rescued while the aircraft sunk rapidly. All five other occupants were killed, among them two employees from the Standard Oil Company based in New Jersey.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AESY, MSN 1102, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.9860°, 12.2883°.