ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34262
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| Date: | Monday 18 June 1928 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: | Latham 47 |
| Owner/operator: | Roald Amundsen |
| Registration: | n/a |
| MSN: | 47.02 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bjørnøya/Barents Sea -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Tromsø |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Roald Amundsen disappeared while flying on a search and rescue mission looking for missing members of Nobile's crew, whose new airship the Italia had crashed while returning from the North Pole. The twin engined plane, provided by the French goverment, took off from Tromsø at 16.00 hours and distress signal was received around 18.45 hours.
A torn off wing float was found on August 31st off the Norwegian coast in the vicinity of the city of Tromso, and a gasoline tank was found in October at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. The assumed crash site is near the island of Bjørnøya in Barents Sea.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Latham_47_Roald_Amundsen_1928.jpg (actual a/c) .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2008 10:01 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Oct-2010 14:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2011 07:18 | whiteshark | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2013 07:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2014 14:16 | Masen63 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 21:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 19:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
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