1960 Danish football air crash

1960 aviation accident

1960 Danish football air crash
Accident
A Dragon Rapide similar to the accident aircraft
Date	16 July 1960
Summary	Loss of control in severe weather
Site	Øresund
Aircraft
Aircraft type	de Havilland Dragon Rapide
Operator	Zonens Redningskorps
Flight origin	Copenhagen Airport
Destination	Herning Airport
Passengers	8
Crew	1
Fatalities	8
Injuries	1
Survivors	1

On 16 July 1960, after taking off from Copenhagen Airport at 15.38 local time, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide plane, (registration OY-DZY) chartered to the Danish Football Association, crashed into the Øresund about 50 metres (160 ft) from shore after the pilot lost control of the aircraft in severe weather. All eight passengers died; the pilot survived but required a leg to be amputated.

Footballers

The plane was carrying eight association football players to Herning Airport for a final trial match at Herning stadium to select the Danish squad for the 1960 Olympic tournament. Three of the eight had been provisionally selected for the squad; the rest were B-team and youth internationals with a last chance to impress the selectors.

The dead were:

Player	Age	Club	Caps	Position	Day-job	Notes
Per Funch Jensen	21	KB	4	Goalkeeper	Butcher	Selected for the Olympics.
Erik Pondal Jensen	29	AB	20	Half-back	Engineer	First reserve for the Olympics.
Kurt Krahmer	21	KB	0 (8 youth, 1 B cap)	Winger	Student teacher
Søren Andersen	23	Frem	0	Striker	Warehouse worker
Børge Bastholm Larsen	29	Køge	11	Full-back	Customs official	Selected for the Olympics.
Arne Karlsen	20	KB	3	Centre half	Blacksmith's apprentice	Selected for the Olympics.
Ib Eskildsen	19	Frem	0 (had youth caps)	Forward	Apprentice mechanic
Erling Spalk	19	Ikast	0	Centre half	On military service

Two fishermen found pilot Stig Vindeløv alive in the wreckage, along with Per Funch Jensen, who died en route to hospital.

Second aircraft

A smaller plane waiting for clearance to take off when the accident occurred was due to carry four other players to the same match: Erik Dyreborg, Hans Christian Andersen, Bent Jørgensen, and Bjarne Eklund. These were all youth players. Dyreborg was demoted from the first plane to make room for a kit basket.

Olympics

After the accident, the Danish FA considered withdrawing from the Olympic tournament. In the event, they won the silver medal, losing to Yugoslavia in the final.

References

^ Kleiner, Allan Helleskov; Tommy Heisz (16 July 2010). "I dag er et trist jubilæum for dansk fodbold" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
Madsen, Frederik (2009). "7. kapitel: ZR's Flyvetjeneste". Zone-Redningskorpset i Danmark (in Danish). Museum for Zone-Redningskorpset. ISBN 978-979-8191-75-6. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960). The Games of the XVII Olympiad: Rome 1960; Official Report (PDF). Vol. 2. p. 240. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)
Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20Jan 19 SAS Flight 871Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671Feb 5 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crashFeb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionFeb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710May 1 U-2 incidentJun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538Jun 24 Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435Jul 1 RB-47 incidentJul 14 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372Jul 16 Danish football air crashJul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036Aug 29 Air France Flight 343Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375Oct 29 Cal Poly football team plane crashNov 20 F-84 Thunderstreak crashNov 23 Philippine Air Lines Flight S26Dec 16 New York mid-air collisionDec 17 Munich C-131 crashDec 22 Philippine Air Lines Flight S85
1959 ◄ ► 1961

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)

Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20Jan 19 SAS Flight 871Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671Feb 5 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crashFeb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionFeb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710May 1 U-2 incidentJun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538Jun 24 Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435Jul 1 RB-47 incidentJul 14 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372Jul 16 Danish football air crashJul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036Aug 29 Air France Flight 343Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375Oct 29 Cal Poly football team plane crashNov 20 F-84 Thunderstreak crashNov 23 Philippine Air Lines Flight S26Dec 16 New York mid-air collisionDec 17 Munich C-131 crashDec 22 Philippine Air Lines Flight S85

1959 ◄ ► 1961

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Metropolitan Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland
1940s	Glacier Girl (July 1942) Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash (August 1944) KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster (January 1947) Kee Bird (February 1947)
1960s	Danish football air crash (July 1960) Godthab (Nuuk) Catalina crash (May 1962) Thule Air Base B-52 crash (January 1968)
1970s	Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704 (September 1970**) Malév Flight 731 (August 1971)
Since 1980	Partnair Flight 394 (September 1989) Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents (September 2007)
"" occurred in Greenland; "*" occurred in the Faroe Islands

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