Estado: | |
Fecha: | miércoles 14 marzo 1945 |
Tipo: | 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)
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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:
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Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)
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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 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.