ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335008
| Date: | Saturday 30 October 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed R7V-1 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 128441 |
| MSN: | 4108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 560 km E off Maryland, USA -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The US Navy Super Constellation departed Patuxent River NAS at 21:39 for a flight to Port Lyautey via Lajes AFB, Azores. Last radio contact with the flight was at 23:00 when the aircraft was about 350 miles off the Maryland coast. The search for the missing aircraft was abandoned November 4 because of extreme weather conditions.
Sources:
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery- Solved / L.D. Kusche
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