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The aircraft was the Amana, [Note 2] a Douglas DC-4-1009 registered VH-ANA and the flagship of the Australian National Airways fleet. It flew for the first time on 28 January 1946 and was flown to Australia on 9 February 1946. [1] [5] The Amana departed from Perth Airport [Note 3] at 9:55 pm for the 8-hour flight
The plane, a Douglas DC-4, smashed into the Tanana River near to the Fairbanks International Airport at around 10.40am local time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told The Independent ...
An Air Algérie DC-4 (7T-VAU) struck the side of a mountain near Tamanrasset Airport while flying too low, killing 35 of 39 on board. [157] 3 June 1967 An Air Ferry C-54A (G-APYK) crashed into Mont Canigou on a flight from Manston Airport, England to Perpignan, France. All 88 aboard were killed, the greatest fatalities of any DC-4 crash. 19 ...
Pan Am Flight 923 was a Douglas DC-4 operating from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska, which crashed into Tamgas Mountain on Annette Island, Alaska, on October 26, 1947. All 18 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash was the worst in Alaskan commercial aviation at the time, as well as the first crash of a Pan Am four-engine ...
Douglas C-54 plane with 2 people on board crashes into river outside Fairbanks, Alaska. April 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM. ... The C-54 is a military version of the Douglas DC-4, which was a World War II ...
Pilot reported fire on fuel-laden plane and tried to return to airport before deadly Alaska crash. ... The C54D-DC airplane — a military version of the World War II-era Douglas DC-4 aircraft ...
The crash of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 occurred on 21 July 1951 when a Douglas DC-4 four-engined piston airliner registered CF-CPC of Canadian Pacific Air Lines disappeared on a scheduled flight for the United Nations from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan. [1] Neither the aircraft nor the 31 passengers and six crew have been found.
26 June 1950, DC-4 VH-ANA Amana crashed near York, Western Australia killing all 29 on board (a passenger survived the immediate crash but later died of his injuries). The aircraft lost power on most engines and the crew had only just managed to stabilise fuel supply by isolating the "offending" cross-flow lines and regain power when they ran ...