Tachikawa air disaster
| Tachikawa air disaster | |
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 A C-124 similar to the victim |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | crash |
| place | 5.6 km northeast of Tachikawa Military Base |
| date | June 18, 1953 |
| Fatalities | 129 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas C-124A-DL |
| operator | US Air Force |
| Mark | 51-0137 |
| Departure airport | Tachikawa military base |
| Destination airport | Seoul Gimpo Airport |
| Passengers | 122 |
| crew | 7th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On June 18, 1953, a C-124 crashed in the Tachikawa plane disaster just a few minutes after taking off from Tachikawa ( Japan ).
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The C-124 took off from Tachikawa military base at 4:31 pm with the destination Seoul . About a minute after take-off, the pilots reported via radio that engine 1 had failed and that they wanted to return to the military base. Shortly afterwards, the left wing stalled and the C-124 went into a spiral dive .
At 4:34 p.m., the C-124 crashed into a watermelon field and exploded. The radio operator of the machine was found alive, but died a few minutes later. All 129 inmates were killed. At that time it was the worst aircraft accident in history and the first with more than 100 deaths.