ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334724
| Date: | Friday 2 March 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-021 |
| MSN: | 44316 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 385 km SW off Iceland -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
Engine problems forced the crew to ditch the plane in the Atlantic. The Globemaster was en route to the U.S. from Iceland.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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