Budapest – Belgrade

On October 22, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Budapest – Belgrade experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Bukovac Vojvodina.

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

17 people were known to be on board, 17 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: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While passing over Novi Sad, bound for Belgrade, the captain encountered marginal weather conditions with low clouds. Some five km east of Bukovac, the three-engine aircraft christened 'Johannes Höroldt' hit the north slope of Mt Fruška Gora (380 meters high). The wreckage was found less than 30 meters from the summit, the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 17 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AYGX, MSN 7208, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.1943°, 19.8933°.