Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAR 1957 |
| Type: | Boeing C-97C-35-BO Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-0702 |
| C/n / msn: | 16246 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 67 / Occupants: 67 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 320 km (200 mls) SE of Tokyo (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU), United States of America |
| Tokyo (unknown airport), Japan |
Missing over Pacific.
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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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