ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334819
| Date: | Monday 26 September 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131442 |
| MSN: | 426-5323 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 480 km SW off Jamaica [Caribbean] -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guantánamo NAS (NBW/MUGM) |
| Guantánamo NAS (NBW/MUGM) |
The P2V-3W Neptune aircraft 'Snowcloud Five' departed Guantánamo Bay NAS to investigate Hurricane Janet, which was at the time a Category 4 hurricane south of Jamaica. The aircraft penetrated the hurricane's eyewall at an altitude of 700 feet and all contact was lost. All 11 people on board, including nine crew members and two journalists, were killed.
An extensive search and rescue operation yielded no results.
Sources:
wunderground.com
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