- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 13, 1970 |
Time: | 0600 |
Location: | Faleolo, Western Samoa |
Operator: | Polynesian Airlines |
Flight #: | 208B |
Route: | Apia, Western Samoa - Pago Pago, American Samoa |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | 5W-FAC |
cn / ln: | 16964 |
Aboard: | 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into a lagoon 400 yards past the end of the runway, seconds after taking off after the plane pitched up and stalled. Windshear, precipitation and turbulence. |
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