Tachikawa air disaster
1953 U.S. Air Force plane crash in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tachikawa air disaster (Japanese: 立川基地グローブマスター機墜落事故, Hepburn: Tachikawa kichi Gurōbumasutā-ki tsuiraku jiko) occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953, when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board. At the time, the crash was the deadliest in aviation history.
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Accident | |
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Date | June 18, 1953 |
Summary | Engine failure; pilot error; loss of control |
Site | Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan 35°43′57″N 139°27′27″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II |
Operator | United States Air Force |
Registration | 51-0137 |
Flight origin | Tachikawa Air Base, Tachikawa, Japan |
Destination | Kimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
Occupants | 129 |
Passengers | 122 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 129 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground injuries | 1 |
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