ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153081
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| Date: | Saturday 23 January 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VP-KLI |
| MSN: | 30517 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Murchison Falls -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Masindi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The writer Ernest Hemingway, his wife Mary, and the pilot, crashed after the plane encountered a flock of birds and apparently hit a disused phone line. Without any means of communicating, they consoled themselves in the jungle with a bottle of whisky. The next day, they were rescued, but the rescue aircraft crashed on takeoff! All on board survived.
Sources:
1. https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/OEqLUc_yNk2R_Zld7-XUqQ.aspx
2. http://stoweinnkeeper.blogspot.nl/2012/03/reports-of-end-of-ski-season-have-been.html
3. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/04/specials/hemingway-safe.html
4. https://docplayer.net/21112103-Kenya-g-ebir-vp-kaa-g-ebut-g-ebut-vh-uto-g-aaji-g-abaj-vp-kbz-g-aald-k23-south-africa-g-aaso-g-aazs-g-abnv-g-adez-d-1298-tanganyika-g-afkv-g-aajv.html
5. https://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/hemingwaylostinuganda.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2013 05:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jan-2015 13:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 01-Dec-2018 13:41 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 08-Apr-2022 09:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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