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1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 Crash
The 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash occurred on 14 October 1953 when a Sabena Convair CV-240 crashed north of Frankfurt, West Germany. None of the 44 people on board survived the incident. Aircraft The Convair CV-240-12 involved was built in 1949 with serial number 154 and registration ''OO-AWQ'' and was used by the Belgian airline company Sabena from 1 April 1949 until its destruction in 1953. Crash After having arrived from Salzburg Airport for her stopover, the Sabena flight was scheduled to depart from Frankfurt International Airport bound for Zaventem Airport with 40 passengers and four crew members on board at 15.20 pm on 14 October 1953. However shortly after takeoff, the crew noticed that both engines were losing power. The crew followed the normal procedures and raised the flaps while trying to keep control of their plane. The aircraft ultimately became uncontrollable and stalled, crashing in a wooded area near Kelsterbach about two miles north of the airport she de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt International Airport
Frankfurt Airport (; german: link=no, Flughafen Frankfurt Main , also known as ''Rhein-Main-Flughafen'') is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa, including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of of land and features two passenger terminals with capacity for approximately 65 million passengers per year; four runways; and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities. Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 4th busiest in Europe after London–Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016, with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017, Frankfurt Airport handled 64.5&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lead
Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, lead is a shiny gray with a hint of blue. It tarnishes to a dull gray color when exposed to air. Lead has the highest atomic number of any stable element and three of its isotopes are endpoints of major nuclear decay chains of heavier elements. Lead is toxic, even in small amounts, especially to children. Lead is a relatively unreactive post-transition metal. Its weak metallic character is illustrated by its amphoteric nature; lead and lead oxides react with acids and bases, and it tends to form covalent bonds. Compounds of lead are usually found in the +2 oxidation state rather than the +4 state common with lighter members of the carbon group. Exceptions are mostly limited to organolead compounds. Like the lighter members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Germany
Events in the year 1953 in Years in Germany, Germany. Incumbents *President of Germany, President – Theodor Heuss *Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events * 12 March - 1953 Avro Lincoln shootdown incident * 12 April - Football team Dynamo Dresden was founded. * 10 May - The town of Chemnitz, East Germany becomes ''Karl Marx Stadt''. * 16/17 June - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany * 18 to 20 June - 3rd Berlin International Film Festival * 7 July - 1953 Menzengraben mining accident * 6 September - West German federal election, 1953 * 20 October - The Second Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in. * Date unknown - Ziegler–Natta catalyst invented by Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta. Births * January 10 - Guido Kratschmer, German decathlete * January 16 - Reinhard Jirgl, German writer * January 22 - Jürgen Pommerenke, German football player * January 24 - Ulrich Holbein, German writer * January 31 - Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff, German judge * March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
