Midway Island Ditching: Fuel Exhaustion and Crew Rescue (87755)

Incident Overview and Cause of Ditching An aircraft operating en route from Tokyo-Haneda Airport, Japan, to Barbers Point NAS, Hawaii, was forced to ditch near Midway Island. The ditching was attributed to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from a faulty navigation system. The source does not specify the aircraft type, registration, date, or operator. ## Rescue and Subsequent Events Following the ditching, all crew members were rescued by a Navy ship. The aircraft subsequently sank by gunfire. The official investigation identified the probable cause as a navigation error on the part of the crew.