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1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash
The 1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash happened on 22 August 1927 when Fokker F.VIII H-NADU of KLM crashed at Underriver, Kent, following structural failure of the tailfin or rudder. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon, Surrey, to Waalhaven Airport, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. One of the two crew was killed and eight people were injured.
Aircraft.
The accident aircraft was Fokker F.VIII H-NADU, c/n 4993. The aircraft was manufactured in 1926
Fokker F.VIII
The Fokker F.VIII (or F.8) was a large twin-engined airliner designed and produced by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in the 1920s.
Design and development.
In 1926, the Dutch airline KLM issued a request for an airliner with more passenger capacity than the "F.VII" variants in operation at the time. Designer Reinhold Platz immediately started work on the "F.VIII" in response.
The "F.VIII" featured mixed construction: fuselage and tail section were constructed as a frame of welded steel