Détails:
CNAC Flight 60 left Kunming, China where it had dropped off a load of gasoline and ammunition, and was heading back to Dinjan, India when it disappeared over the Himalaya mountain range.
The wreckage was finally discovered in 2011, 13,400ft up a Himalayan mountain in Yunnan Province, China.
» CNAC.org
» 69 years after hero American war pilot died, family find his lost plane 13,000ft up a Himalayan mountain (Mail Online, 2-1-2012)
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| Date: | mardi 17 novembre 1942 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Immatriculation: | 60 |
| Numéro de série: | 4681 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1942 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 15 km (9.4 milles) NW of Dali, Yunnan Province ( Chine)
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| Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 4084 m (13399 feet) amsl |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), Chine |
| Dinjan Airport, Inde |
CNAC Flight 60 left Kunming, China where it had dropped off a load of gasoline and ammunition, and was heading back to Dinjan, India when it disappeared over the Himalaya mountain range.
The wreckage was finally discovered in 2011, 13,400ft up a Himalayan mountain in Yunnan Province, China.
Sources:
» Discovery of wreckage brings Brevard man closure (Florida Today, 1-1-2012)» CNAC.org
» 69 years after hero American war pilot died, family find his lost plane 13,000ft up a Himalayan mountain (Mail Online, 2-1-2012)
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield et Dinjan Airport est de 792 km (495 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield et Dinjan Airport est de 792 km (495 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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