A Short Sandringham similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date
2 October 1948
Summary
Loss of control while landing
Site
Hommelvik, Malvik, Norway
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Short S.25 Sandringham 5
Aircraft name
Bukken Bruse
Operator
Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL)
Registration
LN-IAW
Flight origin
Oslo-Fornebu Airport
Destination
Trondheim-Hommelvika
Passengers
38
Crew
5
Fatalities
19[1]
Survivors
26[1]
The Bukken Bruse disaster was the crash of a flying boat during its landing on 2 October 1948. The Short Sandringham was on a Norwegian domestic flight from Oslo and was landing in the bay adjacent to Hommelvik near the city of Trondheim. The disaster killed 19 people;[1] among the survivors was the philosopher Bertrand Russell.
^ abc"Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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