Johannisthal Air Disaster

The Johannisthal Air Disaster involved one of the first multiple-fatality air disasters in history. It involved the Imperial German Navy's L-2 airship manufactured by Zeppelin as the LZ 18. Its test flight resulted in the death of all 28 passengers and crew on board. On 17 October 1913 at approximately 10:30am local time, hydrogen gas which was being vented was sucked into the forward engine and ignited causing the airship to explode and burn. It crashed near Johannisthal Air Field about 10 miles southeast of Berlin. This accident occurred a little over a month after the Helgoland Island Air Disaster. These two incidents were a major blow to German naval aviation.

  • Aviation accidents and incidents before 1920
  • July 13, 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition
  • Sep 25, 1909 Lebaudy République airship
  • Jul 13, 1910 Erbslöh airship
  • May 13, 1912 Flanders Monoplane
  • Sep 9, 1913 Helgoland disaster
  • Oct 17, 1913 Johannisthal disaster
  • Jul 21, 1919 Wingfoot Air Express crash
  • Aug 2, 1919 Verona crash
  • Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics
  • Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps

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