Accident | |
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Date | 6 October 1981 |
Summary | Structural failure in severe turbulence[1]: 183 |
Site | Moerdijk, near Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands 51°42′N 4°31′E / 51.700°N 4.517°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fokker F-28-4000 |
Aircraft name | Eindhoven |
Operator | NLM CityHopper |
Registration | PH-CHI |
Flight origin | Rotterdam Airport |
Stopover | Eindhoven Airport |
Destination | Hamburg Airport |
Occupants | 17 |
Passengers | 13 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 1 |
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 refers to a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was due to operate an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6 October 1981, the aircraft encountered a tornado on the first leg, minutes after taking off from Rotterdam Airport, and crashed 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Rotterdam. All 17 occupants of the aircraft – 13 passengers and 4 crew members– died in the accident.[1]: 183 [2]
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