ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335474
Date: | Saturday 6 December 1952 |
Time: | 04:45 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
Registration: | CU-T397 |
MSN: | 10319 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 41 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 4,5 km NE off Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA) -
Bermuda
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA/TXKF) |
Destination airport: | Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport (HAV/MUHA) |
Narrative: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 Location
Images:
photo (c) Yoeglis; Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA); 06 December 1952
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