Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 02 MRZ 1956 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 53-0021 |
| Werknummer: | 44316 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 17 / Insassen: 17 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 17 / Insassen: 17 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 385 km (240.6 Meilen) SW vom Land entfernt von Iceland (Atlantischer Ozean)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF), Island |
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Engine problems forced the crew to ditch the plane in the Atlantic. The Globemaster was en route to the U.S. from Iceland.
Informationsquelle:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
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