Crash of a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II on Mt Mulhacén: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 12, 1966
Operator:
Registration:
52-0980
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Morón – Murcia-San Javier
MSN:
43889
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
On a flight from Morón AFB to Murcia-San Javier AFB, while in cruising altitude, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Mulhacén (3,478 meters high) located in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. All eight crew members were killed.
