Descripción:
Poor weather at Chongqing forced the captain to divert to Kweilin, which also closed. After holding there, fuel exhaustion forced the pilots to descend. The C-47 crashed into a mountain.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 18 junio 1944 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operador: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registración: | 71 |
| Numéro de série: | 9013 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Kweilin ( China)
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| Fase: | Desconocido (UNK) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
| Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
Poor weather at Chongqing forced the captain to divert to Kweilin, which also closed. After holding there, fuel exhaustion forced the pilots to descend. The C-47 crashed into a mountain.
Fuentes:
» CNAC.orgFotos
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Distance from Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield to Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
Distance from Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield to Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
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