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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1967 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-121H Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-0549 |
| MSN: | 4364 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km S off Nantucket Island, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH/KFMH) |
The EC-121 plane took off from Otis AFB at 18:58. Eight minutes later the crew reported a fire in the no. 3 engine. They would attempt an emergency landing at Nantucket, but did not make it. The airplane crashed just offshore into the sea.
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