1948 Gatow air disaster (Q4566258)

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Die Flugzeugkollision bei Berlin-Gatow 1948 ereignete sich am 5. April 1948. An diesem Tag stieß eine in London gestartete Vickers 610 Viking 1B der British European Airways am Ende eines internationalen Linienfluges nach Berlin bei Berlin-Gatow mit einer Jakowlew Jak-3 der Luftstreitkräfte der Sowjetunion zusammen. Bei dem Unfall starben alle 15 Insassen an Bord der beiden Flugzeuge.

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1948 Gatow air disaster was a mid-air collision in the airspace above Berlin, Germany that occurred on 5 April, sparking an international incident. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC.1B Viking airliner crashed near RAF Gatow air base, after being struck by a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter aircraft. All ten passengers and four crew on board the Viking were killed, as was the Soviet pilot. The disaster resulted in a diplomatic standoff between the United Kingdom and United States on one hand, and the Soviet Union on the other, and intensified distrust leading up to the Berlin Blockade in the early years of the Cold War.

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