1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash

The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash refers to the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January. It occurred shortly after the Douglas DC-3 took off from Kastrup Airport in Denmark. All 16 passengers and 6 crew members on board were killed.^[1]

Key Information

Wreckage of the aircraft.
Accident
Date	26 January 1947 (1947-01-26)
Summary	Failure to properly prepare aircraft for flight
Site	Kastrup, Denmark 55°37′5″N 12°39′22.5″E / 55.61806°N 12.656250°E / 55.61806; 12.656250
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-3
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-TCR
Flight origin	Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stopover	Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark
Destination	Stockholm Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden
Occupants	22
Passengers	16
Crew	6
Fatalities	22
Survivors	0
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Among those killed in the crash were Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (at the time of his death, second in line to the Swedish throne), U.S. opera singer Grace Moore, and Danish actress Gerda Neumann.^[2] Prince Gustaf Adolf was the father of the present king of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf. Moore's body was first flown to Paris on another KLM aircraft,^[3] and then to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was buried in the Forest Hills Cemetery, during a ceremony attended by around eight thousand people.^[4][5][6]

The probable cause of the crash was determined to be failure to remove the gust locks that had secured the aircraft's elevators while it was parked.^[7] It is still the worst aviation disaster in Denmark.^[7]