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Date: | September 05, 1954 |
Location: | Foynes, Ireland |
Aircraft: | Lockheed 1049C-55-81 S Constellation |
Reg: | PH-LKY |
Airline: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Flight No: | 633 |
Fatalities: | 56 : 28 |
This KLM Super Constellation crashed into the Shannon River near Foynes shortly after takeoff. Twenty-eight out of 56 people were killed. Pilot error was to blame in that the captain did not interpret his instrument indications properly during flap retraction after the gear was re-extended.. |