Airplane Crash - Sondreströmfjord, Greenland 08/29/1961
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Sondreströmfjord, Greenland
Date | 08/29/1961 |
Time | 18:22 |
Location | Sondreströmfjord, Greenland |
Operator | Eastern Provincial Airways |
Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Registration | CF-MEX |
Aboard | 6 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | An in-flight fire, initiated and sustained by a severe fuel leak. The fuel leak was caused by the locking of a carburetor drain plug to unscrew. |
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