ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334480
| Date: | Thursday 9 May 1957 |
| Time: | 06:16 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97F Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-0258 |
| MSN: | 16325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 550 km SE off Azores Islands -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sidi Slimane Air Base |
| Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
The Stratofreighter was ditched in the Atlantic following a double engine failure. The airplane floated for ten days and was sunk by USS Wisconsin.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
La Nacion - May 10, 1957
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