Airplane Crash - Faleolo, Western Samoa 01/13/1970
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Faleolo, Western Samoa
Date | 01/13/1970 |
Time | 06:00 |
Location | Faleolo, Western Samoa |
Operator | Polynesian Airlines |
Flight # | 208B |
Route | Apia, Western Samoa - Pago Pago, American Samoa |
Type | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration | 5W-FAC |
Cn/In | 16964 |
Aboard | 32 |
Fatalities | 32 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed into a lagoon 400 yards past the end of the runway, seconds after taking off after the plane pitched up and stalled. Windshear, precipitation and turbulence. |
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