Status: | |
Datum: | zaterdag 21 juli 1951 |
Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL |
Registratie: | CF-CPC |
Constructienummer: | 10327 |
Bouwjaar: | 1944 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 6 / inzittenden: 6 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 31 / inzittenden: 31 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 37 / inzittenden: 37 |
Schade: | Vermist |
Gevolgen: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Plaats: | nabij Sitka, AK ( Verenigde Staten)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR), Canada |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED), Verenigde Staten |
Beschrijving:The C-54 departed Vancouver at 18:53 for a flight to Tokyo, the first intermediate stop being Anchorage, Alaska.
At the Cape Spencer intersection in British Columbia, 90 minutes out from Anchorage, it gave an estimate of 24:00 for Yakutat in Alaska. The weather in the area was heavy rain and icing conditions with a visibility of 500 feet.
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft, and at 00:44 an emergency warning was issued when the aircraft was overdue to report.
Search for the aircraft was abandoned on 31 October 1951.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "As no traces of the aircraft or its occupants has been found to date the cause of the disappearance has not been determined."
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Vancouver International Airport, BC en Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK bedraagt 2115 km (1322 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.