Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 12 February 1966
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 52-0980
Location: 28 km SE of Granada –
ÿ Spain
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: C-124C Globemaster IIC-124C Globemaster II
Category: Accident
A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was dispatched from Hunter AFB, GA to Spain to transport two buses for a search mission along the southern Spanish coast. During the flight, a mid-air collision between a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane resulted in the Globemaster’s disappearance. The wreckage was found on the side of 11,423-foot Pico Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada mountains.A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was dispatched from Hunter AFB, GA to Spain to transport two buses for a search mission along the southern Spanish coast. During the flight, a mid-air collision between a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane resulted in the Globemaster’s disappearance. The wreckage was found on the side of 11,423-foot Pico Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Description
A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was sent from its home base Hunter AFB, GA to Spain. It was transporting two buses for a search mission on the southern Spanish coast. A search party was looking for a U.S. nuclear bomb that came down following the mid-air collision of a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane. The Globemaster went missing on a flight from Mor¢n Air Base, Spain to Murcia-San Javier Airport (MJV). The wreckage was later discovered on the side of 11,423-foot Pico Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Source of Information
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X34sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A80EAAAAIBAJ&dq=globemaster%20crash&pg=4089%2C2410581http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X34sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A80EAAAAIBAJ&dq=globemaster%20crash&pg=4089%2C2410581Primary Cause
Mid-air collision between a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane.Mid-air collision between a B-52G bomber and a KC-135 tanker plane.Share on:
