ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331613
Date: | Tuesday 4 February 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed HC-130H Hercules |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 65-0990 |
MSN: | 4151 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Taiwan -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A USAF Lockheed HC-130H Hercules transport plane was destroyed when it struck surface of the sea off Taiwan and crashed. One crew member survived, 13 were killed. The Hercules was dispatched to search for survivors of Japanese freighter 'Shoka Maru' which sank en route between Japan and Cambodia.
Sources:
The Windsor Star - Feb 5, 1969 Revision history:
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