Flugunfall 08 NOV 1949 einer Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) XT-805 - Mengzi
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Datum:Dienstag 8 November 1949
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3)
Fluggesellschaft:Civil Air Transport
Kennzeichen: XT-805
Werknummer: 27167/15722
Baujahr: 1945
Besatzung:Todesopfer: / Insassen:
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: / Insassen:
Gesamt:Todesopfer: / Insassen:
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:120 km (75 Meilen) von Mengzi (   Volksrepublik China)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Frachtflug
Flug von:Mengzi Airport, Volksrepublik China
Flug nach:Haiphong-Cat Bi Airport (HPH/VVCI), Vietnam
Unfallbericht:
Crashed en route from Mengzi to Haiphong. The wreckage was reportedly spotted in jungle, 75 miles (120 km) from the tin mine town Mengzi.

Informationsquelle:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» The Singapore Free Press 12 November 1949, p1


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Distance from Mengzi Airport to Haiphong-Cat Bi Airport as the crow flies is 444 km (278 miles).

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