Crash of a Curtiss C-46 Commando in Pingtung: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 27, 1964
Operator:
Registration:
6008
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pingtung - Pingtung
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The aircraft was involved in a local training mission out from Pingtung and was carrying a crew of six. While cruising in a formation of six machines, three of them struck simultaneously the slope of a mountain near Pingtung and were destroyed upon impact. All six occupants were killed (18 in all three aircraft).
