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| Date: | Wednesday 30 May 1934 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  Boeing 247 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | NC13334 |
| MSN: | 1716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bethel, CT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland, OH |
| Newark, NJ | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Emergency landing in fog after running out of fuel, crashing into a forrest. The aircraft had been unable to land in Newark due to fog. Seven occupants were injured.
Sources:
El Litoral 30 May 1934, p1
https://www.dispatcher.org/dispatcher/adf-historical-info
Images:
Photo was taken May 30, 1934 at a location a short distance west of the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Nashville Road, Bethel, CT. (credit: The Bethel Historical Society, Bethel, Connecticut)
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2017 19:13 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jun-2021 18:52 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2021 19:11 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2021 19:39 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 09-Aug-2021 13:17 | Patrick T. Wild | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 10-Aug-2021 05:33 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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