Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JAN 1964 |
| Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0968 |
| C/n / msn: | 43877 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1200 km (750 mls) W off Hawaii (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK), U.S. Minor Outlying Islands |
| Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK), United States of America |
Missing at over the Pacific Ocean while on a flight from Wake Island to Hawaii.
Sources:
» The Sydney Morning Herald. - Jan 4, 1964
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Wake Island Airport to Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI as the crow flies is 3673 km (2296 miles).
Distance from Wake Island Airport to Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI as the crow flies is 3673 km (2296 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
