- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 22, 1995 |
Time: | 0745 |
Location: | Anchorage, Alaska |
Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Flight #: | 27 |
Route: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB - Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB |
AC Type: | Boeing B-707 (E-3B) |
Registration: | 77-0354 |
cn / ln: | 21554/933 |
Aboard: | 24 (passengers:20 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 24 (passengers:20 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft suffered multiple bird strikes in the No. 1 and 2 engines just after taking off when it flew into a flock of 100 or more Canada Geese. The crew initiated a slow climb and began to dump fuel. The aircraft attained a maximum altitude of 250 ft. before it started to descend. The plane impacted a hilly wooded area less than a mile from the runway, broke up, exploded and burned. Ingestion of Canada geese into the Nos.1 and 2 engines. Lack of adequate procedures to reduce bird hazards. The crew was not warned about observations of birds in the area by the ATC. |
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