ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336768
Date: | Tuesday 10 February 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Owner/operator: | Gulf Transportation Co. |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 24 km off Ciudad del Carmen Airport (CME) -
Mexico
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Brownsville Airport, TX (BRO/KBRO) |
Destination airport: | Ciudad del Carmen Airport (CME/MMCE) |
Narrative:The Douglas DC-3 cargo plane departed Brownsville, Texas for Ciudad Del Carmen in Mexico to fly fresh seafood back to the U.S.
A fire in the right hand engine forced the crew to ditch the plane off shore from Ciudad del Carmen. Both pilots were able to deploy a rubber raft. US co-pilot Neil Womack reportedly died after he fell from the raft after a few days. Mexican pilot Esteban de León was rescued by ship "Roatan" after nine days.
Sources:
The Pittsburgh Press - Feb 21, 1948 St. Petersburg Times - Feb 21, 1948 Revision history:
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