Crash of a Consolidated PB2B-1 Catalina off Apia: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 12, 1950
Registration:
NZ4048
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
60959
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Apia-Faleolo, the aircraft crashed into the sea. A crew member was seriously injured while seven other occupants were killed. The seaplane was on its way back to New Zealand.
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