Last updated: 20 July 2019
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | miércoles 5 mayo 1948 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Superior Oil Corp. |
| Registración: | NC17645 |
| Numéro de série: | 25423/13978 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Desaparecido |
| Consecuencias: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Ubicación: | at an unknown location ( Océano Atlántico)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Desconocido |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX), Canadá |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN), Irlanda |
Missing over the Atlantic. The search for the missing plane was abandoned on May 10, 1948.
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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 Gander Airport, NL to Shannon Airport as the crow flies is 3156 km (1973 miles).
Distance from Gander Airport, NL to Shannon Airport as the crow flies is 3156 km (1973 miles).
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.
