Aircraft Ditched in Sea After Crew Could Not Locate Airport in Fog (53-7839)

Incident Overview During an approach to land at an airport whose identity is not specified in the source, the flight crew was unable to locate the airfield because of thick fog. The captain decided to evacuate the area and flew over the sea. A few minutes later, the captain ordered all 16 crew members to bail out and abandon the aircraft. The aircraft subsequently crashed into the sea. Fifteen of the occupants were rescued, while one person was killed. The source does not provide the aircraft type, registration, date, operator, location, or a stated cause of the accident. ## Outcome The incident resulted in one fatality and 15 rescues among the 16 crew members aboard.