- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 15, 1948 |
Time: | 0235 |
Location: | Shannon, Ireland |
Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
Flight #: | 1-10 |
Route: | Belgium - Shannon |
AC Type: | Lockheed L-049-46 Constellation |
Registration: | NC-88858 |
cn / ln: | 2058 |
Aboard: | 31 (passengers:21 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 30 (passengers:20 crew:10) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While executing a second instrument approach at Shannon Airport, the aircraft struck the ground 2,380 feet from the approach end of the intended runway, broke apart and burned. Continuation of an instrument approach to an altitude insufficient to clear the terrain. The failure of a fluorescent light may have been a contributing cause. The plane was named "Clipper Empress of the Skies." |
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