Descripción del Accidente ASN 14 MAR 1945 Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) 42-93505 - Bathurst Bay, QLD
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Fecha:miércoles 14 marzo 1945
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operador:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registración: 42-93505
Numéro de série: 13424
Año de Construcción: 1944
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 20
Total:Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 22
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Bathurst Bay, QLD (   Australia)
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Rockhampton Airport, QLD (ROK/YBRK), Australia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Pitu/Morotai Island Airport (OTI/WAMR), Indonesia
Descripción:
The C-47, en route from Rockhampton Airport, Australia to Morotai, Indonesia, was forced to turn back after running out of fuel. Most of the occupants bailed out of the plane before the crash. Two occupants were missing and are presumed to have died.

Fuentes:
» Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)


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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 Rockhampton Airport, QLD to Pitu/Morotai Island Airport as the crow flies is 3694 km (2309 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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