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1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident
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On 27 July 1934, a Swissair Curtiss AT-32C Condor II passenger aircraft crashed near Tuttlingen, Germany, while flying through a thunderstorm. All 12 people on board were killed. It was the worst air crash in 1934[1] and Swissair's first aviation accident since its founding in 1931.[2]
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![]() CH-170, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Zurich's Dübendorf airport earlier in 1934 | |
Accident | |
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Date | 27 July 1934 (1934-07-27) |
Summary | In-flight wing separation in severe weather conditions |
Site | Near Tuttlingen, Germany 48°01′07.1″N 08°47′47.3″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Curtiss AT-32C Condor II |
Operator | Swissair |
Registration | CH-170 |
Flight origin | Zurich Airport, Switzerland |
Stopover | Stuttgart Airport, Germany |
Last stopover | Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany |
Destination | Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Germany |
Passengers | 9 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 12 |
Survivors | 0 |
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