Crash of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune on Kronborg Glacier: 12 killed

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1962
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
131521
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thule - Thule
MSN:
426-5402
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
12
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
12
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a routine survey flight over Greenland and its coasts when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances onto the Kronborg Glacier. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 12 crew members from the Thule AFB contingent were killed.