Airplane Crash - Random Island, Newfoundland 03/18/1953
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Random Island, Newfoundland
| Date | 03/18/1953 |
| Time | 04:10 |
| Location | Random Island, Newfoundland |
| Operator | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Route | Azores - Rapid City AFB |
| Type | Convair RB-36H |
| Registration | 51-13721A |
| Aboard | 23 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft, flying low over the AtlantiOcean, was to have flown higher when it reached the coast. Tail-winds caused the aircraft to arrive earlier and the plane hit a hill in low cloud cover. |
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