Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 DEC 1952 |
| Time: | ca 04:45 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T397 |
| C/n / msn: | 10319 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 33 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 41 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4,5 km (2.8 mls) NE off Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA) (Bermuda)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA/TXKF), Bermuda |
| Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
The DC-4 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. The airplane operated on a flight from Madrid, Spain to Havana (HAV), Cuba. It had arrived at Bermuda from Santa Maria, Azores at 03:30 for a refueling stop.
Sources:
» The News and Courier - Dec 7, 1952
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Distance from Bermuda-Kindley Field to Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport as the crow flies is 2016 km (1260 miles).
Distance from Bermuda-Kindley Field to Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport as the crow flies is 2016 km (1260 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.
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