On 1 August 1947 , Scandinavian Airlines ( SAS ) was founded , an important event for the Copenhagen Airport , as Copenhagen was to be the main hub for the airline . Traffic increased rapidly in the first years SAS operated . On 26 January 1947 , a KLM Douglas DC-3 " Dakota " crashed at the airport after stopping en route to Stockholm . 22 people on board died , including the Swedish prince Gustav Adolf and the American opera singer Grace Moore . In 1948 Copenhagen airport was third largest airport in Europe with 150 daily takeoffs and almost 300,000 passengers for the year . The airport continued its rapid growth . The terminal was expanded several times and new hangars were erected
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1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident
Copenhagen Airport