Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293

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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293
Occurrence
Date3 June 1963
SummaryAccident
SiteWSW of Annette Island, Alaska
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-7C
OperatorNorthwest Orient Airlines
RegistrationN290
Flight originMcChord Air Force Base, Washington, United States
DestinationElmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, United States
Passengers95
Crew6
Fatalities101
Injuries0
Survivors0

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on the 3 June 1963 by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered N290 which crashed into the sea off the coast of Canada with the loss of all 101 crew and passengers on board.[1]

Accident

Flight 293 was chartered by the Military Air Transport Service of the United States Air Force to carry 95 serviceman and their families between McChord Air Force Base in Washington state to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska.[1] The DC-7 departed McChord at 07:52 Pacific Standard Time.[1] The last radio contact was at 10:06 when the crew requested a change of flight level.[1] When nothing more had been heard for more than an hour a search for the aircraft was begun at 11:16.[1] It was not until 19:22 that floating debris was seen located 182.5 miles (293.7 km) WSW of Annette Island, Alaska.

Approximately 1,500 pounds of wreckage was recovered, it included life vests still encased in their plastic containers and extremely deformed seat frames.[2] None of the bodies of the crew or passengers was ever recovered.[2]

Investigation

With little to go on the accident review board concluded Because of lack of evidence, the Board is unable to determine the probable cause of the accident.

In the previous year, on 22 October 1962, another Northwest Orient DC-7 on the same route had ditched into the sea off Biorka, Alaska but all the passengers and crew were rescued.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. ^ a b "United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit - Irene Cox v Northwest Airlines, Inc". openjurist.org. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  3. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network