Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 APR 1969 |
| Time: | 13,30 |
| Type: | Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 135749 |
| C/n / msn: | 4316 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | SE off Chongjin (North Korea)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA), Japan |
| Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA), Japan |
Shot down by 2 North Korean MiG-17 fighters over the Sea of Japan.
Events:
Sources:
» The Willy Victor Roster
» A New Lesson In The Limits Of Power (Dean Boys' website)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Atsugi NAS to Atsugi NAS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Atsugi NAS to Atsugi NAS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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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