26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – C-GKBC A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane was destroyed when it crashed into a steep snow- and ice-covered mountain slope at 13,0... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – C-GKBD The aircraft, which was based at Calgary, Canada, had been chartered to carry out a Radio Echo Survey task for the Italian National Ant... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 – ZK-NZP Air New Zealand flight TE901, a DC-10-30, impacted Mount Erebus, Antarctica, killing all 257 occupants. In 1977 Air New Zealand receiv... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed LC-130R Hercules – 155917 The plane was making a GCA approach to the South Pole Station ice landing strip. Ice fog was present causing the pilot to initiate a go... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed LC-130F Hercules – 148321 The ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft was damaged during takeoff from site D59 in Antarctica, 125 miles south of the French station... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed LC-130F Hercules – 148318 The Hercules was deployed at Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 71. The Hercules was taxiing on the skiway and manoeuvred around t... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed C-121J Super Constellation – 131644 Weather predictions were favorable for the Antarctic McMurdo Station as the Super Constellation departed Christchurch (CHC), New Zealan... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada UC-1A Otter (DHC-3) – OO-HAD Crashed at the South African SANAE Station in Antarctica. Continue reading
26 Mar Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M – TC-77 Damaged beyond repair during landing. Severe damage to the nose. The fuselage was transported back to Argentina on a C-130 Hercules. Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter – VP-FAM Crash landed following engine failure. Continue reading