World Airways Flight 830
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World Airways Flight 830 was a domestic nonscheduled passenger flight from Clark Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base. On 19 September 1960, the DC-6, carrying American service members and dependents, collided with Mount Barrigada in Barrigada, Guam during the second leg of the flight, killing 80 of the 94 people on board. The disaster was Guam's deadliest aviation accident until Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on Nimitz Hill in 1997.[1]
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Crash | |
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Date | 19 September 1960 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error |
Site | Barrigada, Guam, near Naval Air Station Agana |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
Operator | World Airways |
Registration | N90779 |
Flight origin | Clark Air Force Base, Philippines |
1st stopover | Naval Air Station Agana, Guam |
2nd stopover | Wake Island Airfield, Wake Island |
Destination | Travis Air Force Base, California |
Passengers | 86 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 80 |
Survivors | 14 |
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