- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 28, 1948
Time: 0413
Location: Off San Juan, Puerto Rico
Operator: Airborne Transport
Flight #: ?
Route: San Juan - Miami
AC Type: Douglas DC-3DST
Registration: N16002
cn / ln: 1496
Aboard: 32   (passengers:29  crew:3)
Fatalities: 32   (passengers:29  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Radio contact was lost after the crew reported being 50 nm south of Miami. Departure from San Juan with known electrical problems and discharged batteries. Ditched in the Gulf of Mexico after it ran out of fuel. Offical cause unknown.
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