1936 KLM Croydon accident
KLM Douglas DC2, PH-AKL, pictured at Alor Setar, Malaysia | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 December 1936 |
| Summary | Crash on take-off |
| Site | Croydon, United Kingdom 51°20′45″N 0°7′21″W / 51.34583°N 0.12250°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-2-115E |
| Aircraft name | Lijster |
| Operator | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration | PH-AKL |
| Flight origin | Croydon Air Port, Croydon, United Kingdom |
| Destination | Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM), Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Passengers | 13 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
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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. Three of the passengers who died were Arvid Lindman, a former Prime Minister of Sweden, Magnus Wegelius, a Finnish athlete, and Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish inventor of the autogyro.