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Controlled ditching due to in-flight fire; unexplained disappearance: Site: Atlantic Ocean, 725 km (453.1 miles) west of Shannon, Ireland [1] Aircraft; Aircraft type: Douglas C-124A Globemaster II: Operator: United States Air Force: Registration: 49-0244: Flight origin: Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. [2] Stopover
Main article: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501: March 23, 1951: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (49-0244) 53: In-flight fire (presumed) North Atlantic Ocean (near Shannon, Ireland) Main article: 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance • An onboard fire of unknown origin prompted the pilots to ditch.
The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.
This is a list of previously missing aircraft that disappeared in flight for reasons that were initially never definitely determined. The status of "previously missing" is a grey area, as there is a lack of sourcing on both the amount of debris that needs to be recovered, as well as the amount of time it takes after the crash for the aircraft to be recovered while searching, to fit this ...
British Airways Flight 476 collided with Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550 in mid-air near Zagreb, killing all 176 people on board both aircraft and another on the ground. Aviogenex Flight 130, as the aircraft was approaching Rijeka Airport, the aircraft then entered into a gradually steeping angle of descent. Due to an optical illusion, the ...
On 8 August 1975, the first of the C-130E aircraft, aptly named "Hercules", came to the City of Savannah at the international airport to replace the older C-124's. While the C-124's were being retired from the Air Force inventory, the C-130s were arriving at the 165th Tactical Airlift Group. The 158th received seven new C-130H Hercules aircraft ...
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On 8 August 1975, the first of the C-130E aircraft, aptly named "Hercules", came to the City of Savannah at the international airport to replace the older C-124's. While the C-124's were being retired from the Air Force inventory, the C-130s were arriving at the 165th Tactical Airlift Group. The 158th received seven new C-130H Hercules aircraft ...