Crash of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune on Kronborg Glacier: 12 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 12, 1962
Registration:
131521
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thule - Thule
MSN:
426-5402
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.