Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 27 July 1950
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47D
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 44-76439
Location: 15 km S off O-Shima –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 26
Component Affected: C-47 aircraftC-47 aircraft
Category: Accident
A C-47 aircraft experienced a sudden and catastrophic descent into the sea approximately twenty minutes after takeoff from Haneda AB. A passenger survived the accident, and the wreckage sank to a depth of approximately 1500 meters, remaining unrecovered. The incident resulted in the death of US Army Nurse Major Genevieve Smith.A C-47 aircraft experienced a sudden and catastrophic descent into the sea approximately twenty minutes after takeoff from Haneda AB. A passenger survived the accident, and the wreckage sank to a depth of approximately 1500 meters, remaining unrecovered. The incident resulted in the death of US Army Nurse Major Genevieve Smith.
Description
Some twenty minutes after takeoff from the Haneda AB, the C-47 descended into the sea. One passenger survived the accident. The wreckage sank to a depth of about 1500 m and was not recovered. among those killed was US Army nurse Major Genevieve Smith
Source of Information
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Sudden and rapid descent into the sea.Sudden and rapid descent into the sea.Share on:
