Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 DEC 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54D-10-DC |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72686 |
| C/n / msn: | 10791 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 37 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Location: | 1930 km (1206.3 mls) SW off Hawaii (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Naha AFB (AHA), Japan |
| Spokane-Fairchild AFB, WA (SKA/KSKA), United States of America |
The C-54 was one of a flight of five ferrying air force personnel from Okinawa back to Spokane. The airplane ditched in the Pacific Ocean. The survivors were rescued after 40 hours.
Sources:
» Spokane Daily Chronicle - Dec 7, 1948
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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.
