Hurum air disaster

Hurum air disaster
The aircraft involved in the crash pictured on 2 April 1948
Accident
Date20 November 1949
SummaryControlled flight into terrain in heavy fog
SiteHurum, Norway
59°37′12″N 10°34′21″E / 59.6200447°N 10.5724422°E / 59.6200447; 10.5724422
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-3 (C-47A-25-DK)
OperatorAero Holland
RegistrationPH-TFA
Passengers31
Crew4
Fatalities34
Injuries1
Survivors1

The Hurum air disaster was an Aero Holland plane crash in Hurum southwest of Oslo, Norway when a Douglas DC-3 which was carrying Jewish children from Tunisia who were to transit through Norway while immigrating to Israel crashed as it was approaching Fornebu Airport on 20 November 1949, killing 34 people, including 27 children.