Descripción del Accidente ASN 12 SEP 1954 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II 52-1052 - Thule Air Base (THU)
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Fecha:domingo 12 septiembre 1954
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic c124 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
Operador:United States Air Force - USAF
Registración: 52-1052
Numéro de série: 43961
Año de Construcción:
Motores: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA
Tripulación:Fatalidades: / Ocupantes:
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: / Ocupantes:
Total:Fatalidades: 10 / Ocupantes: 15
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:1 km (0.6 milles) de Thule Air Base (THU) (   Groenlandia)
Fase: Aproximación (APR)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Thule Air Base (THU/BGTL), Groenlandia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF), Estados Unidos de América
Descripción:
The C-124 Globemaster II departed Thule (THU), Greenland on a MATS flight back to Westover AFB (CEF). Twelve minutes after takeoff the pilot radioed an emergency and turned around. The airplane crashed just short of Thule.

Fuentes:
» Ellensburg Daily Record - Sep 13, 1954


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Distance from Thule Air Base to Springfield-Westover AFB, MA as the crow flies is 3792 km (2370 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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