ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340342
Date: | Monday 31 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-23862 |
MSN: | 648 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Lhasa -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Destination airport: | Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT) |
Narrative:Crashed into a glacier near Lhasa in heavy icing and strong winds.
In July 1994, the glacier melted and shifted enough to expose the twisted metal of the aircraft. A search team reached the wreckage at around 14,000 feet.
Sources:
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