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Bukken Bruse disaster

Norwegian aircraft crash in 1948

Field	Value
name	Bukken Bruse disaster
occurrence_type	Accident
image	Short Sandringham 7 at Cowes.jpg
caption	A Short Sandringham similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
date	2 October 1948
type	Loss of control while landing
site	Hommelvik, Malvik Municipality, Norway
aircraft_name	Bukken Bruse
origin	Oslo-Fornebu Airport
destination	Trondheim-Hommelvika
passengers	38
crew	5
fatalities	19
survivors	26
aircraft_type	Short S.25 Sandringham 5
operator	Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL)
tail_number	LN-IAW

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; among the 26 survivors was the philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Aircraft

The flying boat was a Short Sandringham, registration LN-IAW and named Bukken Bruse after the fairy tale "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". The aircraft, operated by Det Norske Luftfartsselskap (now a part of Scandinavian Airlines System) was en route from Oslo's Fornebu Airport.

Crash

The weather in the area of the landing was poor at the time, and the sea in the bay of Hommelvika was foaming white. When the Sandringham was about to touch down on the water, it was hit by a wind gust; the pilots lost control and the right wing float broke off as it hit the water. The aircraft rolled over to the side and its nose ploughed into the water.

The fuselage rapidly filled with water. Of the 45 people on board, 19 perished.

Bertrand Russell's account

The 76-year-old philosopher Bertrand Russell was on the flight on his way to give a lecture to the local student society. He was seated at the rear of the smoking compartment. In an interview with Trondheim newspaper Adresseavisen the day after the crash, he said that he was uncertain of what was happening after the jerk until the aircraft tipped over and water rushed in. In his autobiography he wrote that he had made sure to get a seat in the smoking compartment before the flight, saying that "If I cannot smoke, I should die". Russell was hospitalized in a Trondheim hospital.

Cause

The investigation found that the crash was caused by the pilot's loss of control during his attempt to land the Sandringham in a crosswind and rough seas with limited space available.

References

"Accident description". Aviation Safety Network.
"Russells Description". youtube.
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p. 512

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