- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 17, 1927 |
Time: | 0405 |
Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
Operator: | Private |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Old Orchad Beach - Rome |
AC Type: | Fokker F7 |
Registration: | NX703 |
cn / ln: | 4899/0501 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While flying 1,000 km east of the Canadian coast, the crew sent a mayday message and the aircraft crashed into the ocean two minutes later. The plane was owned by William Randolph Hearst who financed this nonstop transatlantic flight. |
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