- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 27, 1958 |
Time: | 0030 |
Location: | Near Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts |
Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Westover AFB - London |
AC Type: | Boeing KC-135A |
Registration: | 56-3599A |
cn / ln: | 17348 |
Aboard: | 15 (passengers:8 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 15 (passengers:8 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed while attempting to break a transatlantic flight record. Heavily loaded with fuel, the pilots failed to detect the aircraft had gone into a slight descent shortly after becoming airborne. The plane struck some power lines and crashed near the Massachusetts Turnpike. The dead included six journalists. |
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