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Fecha: | martes 23 enero 1945 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registración: | 43-48313 |
Numéro de série: | 25574/14129 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Desaparecido |
Consecuencias: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Ubicación: | Corsica ? ( Francia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG), Argelia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Florence-Peretola Airport (FLR/LIRQ), Italia |
Descripción:A C-47B transport plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea en route from Algiers, Algeria to Florence, Italy. Weather along the route was overcast clouds at 2000-3000 feet with snow storms along the way. The flight had taken off from Algiers at 11:03 hours with a planned arrival time at Florence of 15:43 hours. Last radio contact was at 15:06 when the flight was vectored down from 12,000 feet to 6,000 feet.
The plane likely impacted a mountainside on Corsica or in the area to the north of Pisa, Italy.
Fuentes:
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Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Florence-Peretola Airport as the crow flies is 1034 km (646 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.