ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330789
Date: | Sunday 13 June 1971 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Boeing C-135B Stratolifter |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 61-0331 |
MSN: | 18238/C16 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11062 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 113 km off Hawaii, USA -
Pacific Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG/NSTU) |
Destination airport: | Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
Narrative:A Boeing C-135B plane, serial 61-0331, was destroyed in an accident in the Pacific Ocean, 113 km off Hawaii, USA. All 24 crew members were killed. The airplane operated on a flight from Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) to Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK).
The C-135 was operated by USAF 4950th Test Wing for the Space and Missile System Office (SAMSO). It had been observing the French Encelade atmospheric nuclear test at Mururoa.
Sources:
ARIA 328 Memorial Location
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