Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Date: | 11 OCT 1966 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Canadair DC-4M2 North Star |
| Compagnie: | H.A. Wharton |
| Immatriculation: | I-ACOA |
| Numéro de série: | 137 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Moteurs: | 4 Rolls-Royce 622 Merlin |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Garoua (Cameroun)
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| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Vol Illégal |
| Aéroport de départ: | Fort Lamy Airport (NDJ/FTTJ), Tchad |
| Port Harcourt Airport (PHC/DNPO), Nigéria |
Hank Wharton was hired to transport a cargo of 3600 machine guns from the Netherlands to Port Harcourt. The arms were intended for Biafra, which wanted to become independent from Nigeria. Dutch officials denied the export license, so paperwork was changed to make it appear that the arms were going to be flown to Birmingham, U.K. Hank Wharton departed Rotterdam Airport but never arrived at Birmingham. Instead he flew to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The airplane was refueled and continued via Algeria to Fort Lamy (now N'djamena). Because of a lack of maps of the region, the Canadair did not make it to Port Harcourt. Over Cameroon fuel exhaustion forced the crew to carry out a forced landing. The DC-4 crashed on landing and broke in four pieces.
Sources:
» Vliegende huursoldaten / Time Life, 1982
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Fort Lamy Airport et Port Harcourt Airport est de 1183 km (740 miles).
La distance entre Fort Lamy Airport et Port Harcourt Airport est de 1183 km (740 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
