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Bukken Bruse disaster
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 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".
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- October 2 – Bukken Bruse disaster: The pilots of the Det Norske Luftfartsselskap flying boat "Bukken Bruse", a Short Sandringham with 43 people on board, lose control of the aircraft while attempting to land at Hommelvika in Malvik, Norway; the aircraft crashes and rapidly fills with water. Nineteen people die; the British philosopher Bertrand Russell is among the survivors and