Summary Weather Survivors 6 Date 9 September 1913 Operator Imperial German Navy Crew count 20 | Fatalities 14 Aircraft type Airship Number of deaths 14 Survivor 6 Location North Sea | |
Site North Sea, off Heligoland Aircraft name LZ14 (manufacturer's designation) Similar Johannisthal air disaster, 1912 Brooklands Flanders, 1919 Verona Caproni, Wingfoot Air Express crash | ||
The Helgoland Island air disaster occurred on 9 September 1913 after the airship Zeppelin LZ 14 had been transferred to the Imperial German Navy on 7 October 1912. As the first airship owned by the Navy, it was given the serial number L-1. With 20 people on board, L-1 flew into a strong storm, crashing 32 km; 17 nmi (20 mi) north of Heligoland into the North Sea, breaking in two. The control car sank, drowning 14 of its occupants.
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