Report regarding an aviation accident at Hurumlandet, near Oslo with Douglas C-47 Dakota, registration mark PH-TFA, belonging to N.V. Aero Holland, November 20, 1949

Aviation report 1950/01

The plane was chartered by European Aid to transport children from Tunis to Norway for a recreational stay. After a stopover in Brussels, the flight continued towards Fornebu. At 16:56 on 20 November, air traffic control in Oslo lost radio contact with the plane. A large-scale search operation was launched, but the wreckage was not found until the morning of 22 November. 34 people died in the accident, 27 of them children. An 11-year-old survived.

This report is in Norwegian only.

Published 01.11.1950

Facts

Location Hurumlandet, Norway
Occurrence date 20.11.1949
Aircraft Douglas C-47 Dakota
Operator Aero Holland
Registration PH-TFA
Meteorological conditions IMC
County Buskerud
Type of occurrence Accident
Type of operation Commercial, other
Category of operation Heavy, aeroplane (> 10 000kg)
Aircraft category Landplane, Multi-engine, Piston engine