1936 KLM Croydon accident

1936 KLM Croydon accident
KLM Douglas DC2, PH-AKL, pictured at Alor Setar, Malaysia
Accident
Date9 December 1936
SummaryCrash on take-off
SiteCroydon, United Kingdom
51°20′45″N 0°7′21″W / 51.34583°N 0.12250°W / 51.34583; -0.12250
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-2-115E
Aircraft nameLijster
OperatorKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
RegistrationPH-AKL
Flight originCroydon Air Port, Croydon, United Kingdom
DestinationAmsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Passengers13
Crew4
Fatalities15
Injuries2
Survivors2

The 1936 KLM Croydon accident was the crash of a KLM airliner on 9 December 1936, shortly after taking off from the Croydon Air Port (as it was known at the time) on a scheduled flight to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The aircraft was destroyed and 15 of the 17 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident.[1] Two of the passengers who died were Arvid Lindman, a former Prime Minister of Sweden, and Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish inventor of the autogyro.[2][3]

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