Berlin – Budapest

On November 8, 1940 at 03:02 PM, Berlin – Budapest experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.90, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Brauna Saxony.

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

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 23, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While flying in bad weather conditions, the four engine aircraft christened 'Brandenburg' went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Brauna, some 40 km northeast of Dresden. All 29 occupants were killed, among them the German Musician and Journalist Adolf Raskin. Up to date, this was considered as the worst crash in civil aviation History.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AVMF, MSN 900010, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2818°, 14.0380°.