Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1957 |
| Time: | 06:16 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-0258 |
| C/n / msn: | 16325 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 550 km (343.8 mls) SE off Azores Islands (Atlantic Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sidi Slimane AB, Morocco |
| Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
The Stratofreighter was ditched in the Atlantic following a double engine failure. The airplane floated for ten days and was sunk by USS Wisconsin.
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Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
