- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 26, 1958 |
Time: | 1252 |
Location: | Salisbury, Zimbabwe (Harare, Zimbabwe) |
Operator: | Union Aeromaritime de Transport |
Flight #: | 736 |
Route: | Johannesberg - Salisbury - Brazzaville - Nice - Paris |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
Registration: | F-BGTZ |
cn / ln: | 43827/337 |
Aboard: | 70 (passengers:63 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:3 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft took off into heavy thunderstorms, was not able to maintain height and airspeed and crashed to the ground. The aircraft struck the ground shortly after takeoff as a result of an uncontrollable loss of airspeed and height due to a sudden squall accompanying the onset of a thunderstorm. |
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