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Date: | Saturday 4 August 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Noorduyn Norseman |
Owner/operator: | Queen Charlotte Airlines |
Registration: | CF-GRQ |
MSN: | 328 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | BC -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Muchalat Arm, Zeballos, BC |
Destination airport: | Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Disappeared on 37 miles charter flight. Among passenger Arthur V. Costley (63). No trace by 8 September 1951. Aircraft never recovered, assumed to have crashed at sea.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 6 August 1951, p2/9 August 1951, p1/13 August 1951, p1
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