We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The crew was performing a ferry flight from Dover, Delaware, to Frankfurt-Main Airbase with intermediate stops in Lajes, Azores Islands, and Paris-Orly. On final approach, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames in Choisy-le-Roi, less than four km from the runway threshold. All six occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): It is believed that the loss of control may have been caused by the loss of the rear clam shell door which detached on final approach and stru
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar · 6 fatalities