Airplane Crash - Western Pacifiocean, Philippine Sea 03/15/1962
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Western PacifiOcean, Philippine Sea
Date | 03/15/1962 |
Time | 00:30 |
Location | Western PacifiOcean, Philippine Sea |
Operator | Flying Tiger Line |
Flight # | 739/14 |
Route | Travis AFB - Honolulu - Agana, Guam - Clark AFB -Saigon |
Type | Lockheed 1049H Super Constellation |
Registration | N6921C |
Cn/In | 4817 |
Aboard | 107 |
Fatalities | 107 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Lost at sea while en route from Guam to the Philippines. The crew of the SS T.L. Lenzen supertanker sighted a midair explosion at 00:30 local time, from their position at 13 degrees 44' N, 134 degrees 49' E. The subsequent search of over 144,000 square miles found nothing. Cause undetermined. |
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